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Definition: Peep show
Peep
\Peep\, n.
1. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.
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2. First outlook or appearance.
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Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. --Gray.
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3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place
of concealment.
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To take t' other peep at the stars. --Swift.
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4. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (
Trigna minutilla
).
(b) The European meadow pipit (
Anthus pratensis).
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Peep show, a small show, or object exhibited, which is
viewed through an orifice or a magnifying glass.
Peep-o'-day boys, the Irish insurgents of 1784; -- so
called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at
day break in search of arms. [Cant]
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