peep
A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby birdA short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.: A feeble utterance or complaint.
» Were you peeping through the keyhole?
Ты подглядывал через замочную скважину? — Wezel
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9 sensesA short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
A feeble utterance or complaint.
I don't want to hear a peep out of you!
Pieps, Pieps
пискpisk
(collective)A brood of chicks (young chickens).
The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.
(colloquial)A sandpiper or other small wader.
A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.
a secret look
The first partial appearance of something; a beginning to appear.
the peep of day
A peepshow.
(UK, slang)A person.
(obsolete)A spot on a die or domino.
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Origin
From Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peFrom Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic.
From Middle English pepen, variant of piken.
Uncertain; perhaps variant of pip.
Back-formation from peeps, a shortened form of people.
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