peep

1. 1.

   the short weak cry of a young bird

   Synonymscheep

   Broadercry
2. 2.

   a secret look

   Synonymspeek

   Broaderlook

Other forms of peep

plural

peeps·

past tense

peeped·

present participle

peeping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about peep

What does peep mean?

peep means "look furtively". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in peep?

peep has 1 syllable: peep. In IPA it is /ˈpip/.

What is another word for peep?

Close synonyms include cheep, chirp, chirrup, cheep, peek. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peep a common word?

peep is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with peep?

1 word rhymes with peep. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.