Peephole - English meaning

noun

An opening, hole, or gap.

Usage examples:

The bell ropes passed through apertures in the ceiling

noun

A small and often narrow opening, especially one that allows light into a camera

noun

A narrow opening, typically one that admits light.

Usage examples:

A chink in the curtains

verb

Make or cause to make a light, high-pitched ringing sound, as of glasses or coins striking together.

Usage examples:

The chain joining the handcuffs chinked

noun

A high-pitched ringing sound.

Usage examples:

The chink of glasses

adjective

Past and past participle of cleave1.

noun

A fissure or split, especially in rock or the ground.

Usage examples:

The third peak is divided from the eastern one by a deep cleft

verb

Split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain.

Usage examples:

The large axe his father used to cleave wood for the fire

noun

A line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking apart.

Usage examples:

A hairline crack down the middle of the glass

verb

Break or cause to break without a complete separation of the parts.

Usage examples:

The ice all over the bog had cracked

adjective

Very good or skilful.

Usage examples:

He is a crack shot

noun

A small, narrow space or opening.

Usage examples:

Bugs and spiders conceal themselves in crannies of the bark

noun

A small, narrow opening in something solid

Usage examples:

There were small plants growing in every nook and cranny of the wall.

noun

A narrow opening or fissure, especially in a rock or wall.

Usage examples:

Many creatures hide in crevices in the rock

noun

A deep crack or opening in a surface, esp. in rock

Usage examples:

He slipped on the mountain and landed in a crevice.

noun

An opening in a wall or parapet which is bevelled or splayed out on the inside, typically one around a window or door.

Usage examples:

Guns usually stood on a flat terreplein, shooting over a wide earth parapet which was intended to a…

noun

A long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.

Usage examples:

The bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor

verb

Split or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening.

Usage examples:

The dry years had cracked and fissured the cliffs

noun

A deep crack, esp. one in rock or ice or in the ground

noun

A break or hole in an object or between two objects.

Usage examples:

He peeped through the gap in the curtains

noun

An empty space or opening in the middle of something or between two things

Usage examples:

Picking up speed, she closed the gap between them., she has a gap between her front teeth., after a…

noun

A difference between two numbers, amounts, or levels

Usage examples:

Forecasters are predicting a budget gap of nearly $17 bn next year., there is a $40 million shortfa…

noun

A hole in a lock into which the key is inserted.

Usage examples:

Selecting one, he inserted it into the keyhole and turned.

noun

A hole in a lock into which a key fits

noun

A space or gap that allows passage or access.

Usage examples:

An opening in the roof would get rid of the smoke

adjective

Coming at the beginning of something; initial.

Usage examples:

She stole the show with her opening remark

verb

Move (a door or window) so as to leave a space allowing access and vision.

Usage examples:

She opened the door and went in

noun

An opening, particularly one in the body such as a nostril or the anus.

Usage examples:

On the left there was an obstructing lesion noted at the orifice of the left upper lobe bronchus.

noun

An opening or hole, especially one in the body, such as the mouth

Usage examples:

Humorous i was stuffing cake into every available orifice., formal the driver was bleeding from eve…

noun

A long, narrow cut or opening.

Usage examples:

Make a slit in the stem under a bud

verb

Make a long, narrow cut in.

Usage examples:

Give me the truth or i will slit your throat

noun

A peephole, especially one in a door for observing callers before opening.

Usage examples:

Ms lomax looked through a spyhole in her front door and, seeing the figure in halloween costume, de…

noun

A peephole

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