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Thesaurus: peep

To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.

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  1. v. i. To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.
  2. v. i. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.
  3. v. i. To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry.
  4. n. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.
  5. n. First outlook or appearance.
  6. n. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment.
  7. n. Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla).
  8. n. The European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
  9. n. the short weak cry of a young bird
  10. n. a secret look
  11. v. look furtively
  12. v. cause to come into view