peep

/pi:p/

Thân thiện

A baby bird gives a soft peep from its nest.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A quick, secret, or furtive look: A brief glance, often through a small opening or from a hidden position.
   • A weak, high-pitched sound: A short, faint cry, especially one made by a young bird or small animal.

2. Verb:

   • To look quickly or secretly: To glance furtively, especially through a narrow opening or from a concealed place.
   • To make a weak, high-pitched sound: To emit a short, faint cry, like that of a baby bird.
   • To begin to appear or become visible: To emerge or become partly visible, often slowly or partially.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • She took a peep through the keyhole to see who was outside.
  • We heard the faint peep of the baby chicks in the nest.

• Verb:

  • He peeped through the curtains to watch the parade.
  • The little bird peeped loudly for its mother.
  • The first flowers are beginning to peep through the melting snow.

Advanced Usage

• "peep out": to emerge or become visible from a hidden place.
  • The sun peeped out from behind the clouds.
• "peep at": to look at something quickly or secretly.
  • The children peeped at the presents before Christmas morning.

Variants and Related Words

• Peephole (n): a small hole in a door or wall to look through.
  • She looked through the peephole before opening the door.
• Peeping Tom (n): a person who secretly watches others, especially for sexual gratification.
  • The police arrested a Peeping Tom outside the apartment building.

Synonyms

• Noun (look): glance, glimpse, peek.
• Noun (sound): chirp, cheep, tweet.
• Verb (look): peek, spy, glimpse.
• Verb (sound): chirp, cheep, twitter.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Peep in: to look inside something quickly or secretly.
  • I peeped in the window to see if anyone was home.
• Peep over: to look over the top of something.
  • The puppy peeped over the edge of the basket.

Related Idioms

• Not a peep: complete silence; no sound or complaint.
  • The children were so quiet during the movie, we didn't hear a peep from them.
• Peep of day: the first light of dawn; daybreak.
  • We started our hike at the peep of day.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a secret look
2. the short weak cry of a young bird

Verb

1. appear as though from hiding
   • the new moon peeped through the tree tops
2. speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice
3. make high-pitched sounds
   • the birds were chirping in the bushes
4. cause to appear
   • he peeped his head through the window
5. look furtively
   • He peeped at the woman through the window

Từ đồng nghĩa

• peek
• cheep
• chirp
• chirrup