Concept cluster: Actions > Peeking
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(intransitive) To behave like an ape.
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Alternative form of bat one's eyes [(idiomatic) To signal or feign by fluttering one's eyelids, as romantic interest.]
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(transitive) To write or quote in a blurb.
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The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle someone (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened.
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Alternative form of bo-peep [The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle someone (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened.]
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Obsolete form of browse. [To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.]
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(intransitive) To look or glance aside.
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Alternative form of creepy-peepy [(informal) A small, portable television camera used for taking candid, close-up shots outside of a studio environment]
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(informal) A small, portable television camera used for taking candid, close-up shots outside of a studio environment
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Alternative spelling of day-peep [The dawn.]
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(idiomatic) To cease crying.
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(transitive, UK, slang) To eavesdrop on.
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(zoology) To listen for another organism's calls, so as to exploit them.
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One who glimpses something.
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To peek; peep.
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Alternative form of leaf peeper [(US, slang) A tree sightseer who enjoys observing the color change in their leaves, especially in the autumn.]
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(archaic, poetic) A peeping or glancing outward.
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(intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.
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(informal) To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
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Alternative form of peekaboo [(games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".]
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Alternative form of peekaboo [(games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".]
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(intransitive) To peep out.
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One who peeks.
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(childish) A peek; a quick look.
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(intransitive) To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.
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(intransitive) to show, to be visible.
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Alternative spelling of peepshow [An exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass.]
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(of shoes, chiefly for women) Having a small aperture at the front where the toes are visible.
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A peeping tom.
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(programming) The use of peephole optimization.
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Pronunciation spelling of peeping.
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An exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass.
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Inclined to peep (to watch someone or something).
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Someone who peers.
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The act of one who peers; a looking around.
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(rare) That tends to peer; prying, inquisitive, curious.
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(intransitive) To rise and peer around, in the manner of a periscope.
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(dated) To peer; to look inquisitively.
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To peep, to chirp
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(transitive, slang, dated) To see.
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To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.
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A person who pries; a pry.
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Obsolete form of peek. [(informal) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.]
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(slang) To rubberneck; to observe with unseemly curiosity.
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To watch by craning the neck (as though it were made of rubber), especially if the observer and observed are in motion relative to each other.
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(rare) A sudden jerking movement.
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(Isle of Man) to look through the front windows of somebody else's house
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(intransitive, obsolete) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
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To peep; to look narrowly.
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To peep under.
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(obsolete, transitive) To deprive of a tongue, or of voice.

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