Peep - English meaning

verb

Talk informally about unimportant matters.

Usage examples:

She was chattering about her holiday

noun

Informal talk.

Usage examples:

He was full of inconsequential but amusing chatter

verb

To talk continuously and usually for no serious purpose

Usage examples:

The boys and girls kept chattering during the movie., birds chattered in the trees., the printer wa…

noun

A short, high squeaky cry made by a young bird.

Usage examples:

As you follow it along the street you begin to hear the cheeps and trills of other birds launching …

verb

Make a short, high squeaky sound.

Usage examples:

Sparrows are cheeping all around

noun

The high, weak cry made by a young bird

Usage examples:

Six weeks have passed and the birds still cheep like chicks., a brood of ducklings, which had lost …

verb

(of a small bird or an insect) make a short, sharp, high-pitched sound.

Usage examples:

Outside, the crickets chirped monotonously

noun

A short, sharp, high-pitched sound.

Usage examples:

The chirps and whirrs of insects

verb

(esp. of a bird) to make a short high sound or sounds

verb

(of an insect) make a prolonged low trilling sound.

Usage examples:

Grasshoppers were chirring

noun

A low trilling sound.

Usage examples:

The chirr of summer crickets

verb

(of a small bird) make repeated short, high-pitched sounds.

Usage examples:

A bird chirruped intermittently outside

noun

A short, high-pitched sound.

Usage examples:

The chirrups of the crickets

verb

(esp. of a bird) to make a short high sound or sounds

noun

A quick look or glance.

Usage examples:

Come and have a dekko at this

noun

A long steady look at something.

Usage examples:

When granny catches anyone staring, she says to them ‘had your eyeful yet?’

noun

An amount of something, usually dust or dirt, that has entered the eye

Usage examples:

As the lorry went past, i got an eyeful of grit., she's quite an eyeful.

noun

A male goose.

Usage examples:

There are no pelicans to pose a threat to the geese, ganders and goslings.

verb

Look or glance at something.

Usage examples:

Paulie gandered at shelves full of coffee paraphernalia

proper noun

A town on the island of newfoundland, on lake gander; population 9,951 (2006). its airport served the first regular transatlantic flights during the second world war.

verb

Take a brief or hurried look.

Usage examples:

Ginny glanced at her watch

noun

A brief or hurried look.

Usage examples:

I stole a glance at john

noun

A shiny black or grey sulphide ore of lead, copper, or other metal.

Usage examples:

Lead glance

noun

A momentary or partial view.

Usage examples:

She caught a glimpse of the ocean

verb

See or perceive briefly or partially.

Usage examples:

He glimpsed a figure standing in the shade

verb

Peep surreptitiously.

Usage examples:

He keeked through the window

noun

A surreptitious glance.

Usage examples:

John knox might not approve (though he would probably have a keek through the curtain); the two rob…

verb

Direct one's gaze toward someone or something or in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

People were looking at him

noun

An act of directing one's gaze in order to see someone or something.

Usage examples:

Let me get a closer look

exclamation

Used to call attention to what one is going to say.

Usage examples:

‘look, this is ridiculous.’

noun

A quick look

Usage examples:

"have they arrived yet?" "i'll take/have a look-see."

verb

Look quickly or furtively.

Usage examples:

Faces peeked from behind twitched curtains

noun

A quick or furtive look.

Usage examples:

She sneaked a peek at the map

verb

To look, especially for a short time or while trying to avoid being seen

Usage examples:

Close your eyes. don't peek. i've got a surprise for you., i peeked out the window to see who was t…

verb

Look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something.

Usage examples:

Faye peered at her with suspicion

noun

A member of the nobility in britain or ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.

Usage examples:

Hereditary peers could still dominate the proceedings of the house of lords

verb

Make or become equal with.

Usage examples:

The thames could not peer with the mill-streamlet close to my home

noun

A tube used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances.

Usage examples:

Roads, bridges, utility lines, water and sewer pipes, and other supporting services have to be rebu…

verb

Convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes.

Usage examples:

Water from the lakes is piped to manchester

noun

Lengths of pipe made of metal, plastic, or other materials.

Usage examples:

It was replaced at half time by a length of plastic piping that is normally used as a goal post dur…

adjective

High-pitched.

Usage examples:

The piping voice of a little girl

verb

Convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes.

Usage examples:

Water from the lakes is piped to manchester

noun

To look at something quickly

Usage examples:

Can i have a shufti at your paper?

noun

A person employed by a government or other organization to secretly obtain information on an enemy or competitor.

Usage examples:

They served as clerks and couriers, telephone and telegraph operators, code and cipher analysts, an…

verb

Work for a government or other organization by secretly obtaining information about enemies or competitors.

Usage examples:

He agreed to spy for the west

verb

(military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors

noun

A short, high-pitched sound or cry.

Usage examples:

The door opened with a slight squeak

verb

Make a high-pitched sound or cry.

Usage examples:

He oiled the hinges to stop them squeaking

verb

Make a high-pitched, screeching noise

verb

Look at someone or something with one or both eyes partly closed in an attempt to see more clearly or as a reaction to strong light.

Usage examples:

The bright sun made them squint

noun

A permanent deviation in the direction of the gaze of one eye.

Usage examples:

I had a bad squint

adjective

Not straight or level.

Usage examples:

The squint bottom edge of the puzzle

noun

The chirp of a small or young bird.

Usage examples:

The gentle tweet of a bird can be heard

verb

Make a chirping noise.

Usage examples:

The birds were tweeting in the branches

noun

A message put on twitter to let people know what you are doing, thinking, feeling, etc.

Usage examples:

The programme received over 20,000 tweets on the issue., many famous people tweet regularly., tweet…

verb

(of a bird) give a call consisting of repeated light tremulous sounds.

Usage examples:

Sparrows twittered under the eaves

noun

A series of short, high-pitched calls or sounds.

Usage examples:

His words were cut off by a faint electronic twitter

noun

The name of a social networking site on the internet for communicating with people quickly

verb

(of a bird) sing softly and with a succession of constantly changing notes.

Usage examples:

Larks were warbling in the trees

noun

A warbling sound or utterance.

Usage examples:

Through the wall came a faint warble

noun

A swelling or abscess beneath the skin on the back of cattle, horses, and other mammals, caused by the presence of the larva of a warble fly.

Usage examples:

Deregulating the rendering process and/or dosing cattle for warbles with organo-phosphates gave us …