2. First outlook or appearance. Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. Gray.
3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment. To take t' other peep at the stars. Swift.
4. (Zoöl.) (a) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla). (b) The European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis). 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]
PEEPER
Peep"er, n.
1. A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird.
2. One who peeps; a prying person; a spy. Who's there peepers, . . . eavesdroppers J. Webster.
3. The eye; as, to close the peepers. [Colloq.]
PEEPHOLE
Peep"hole`, n.
Defn: A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered.
PEEPING HOLE
Peep"ing hole`.