peep

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
2. A feeble utterance or complaint.
3. The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.
4. (colloquial) A sandpiper or other small wader.

Verb

1. To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
2. To speak briefly with a quiet voice.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.
2. (dated, intransitive) To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.
3. (slang, transitive) To take a look at; check out.
4. (slang, transitive) To see, uncover.

Concetti

spiare

sbirciare

sbirciata

pigolare

pigolio

cinguettare

sguardo

far capolino

parlare con voce stridula

squittio

guardare di sottecchi

strizzare l’occhiolino

guardare male

considerare

tener d'occhio

pensare

🤔

spuntare

cinguettio

garrire

reputare

sinonimi

peek

cheep

chirp

squeak

glance

spy

glimpse

twitter

pry

warble

tweet

peer

look

inspect

squeal

squint

appear

keek

spy upon

spy on

glance at

make one’s appearance

pipe

watch

⌚

look sideways

chirrup

scan

wheeze

whistle

wink

😉

look at carefully

look closely at

look-in

peek at

peep at

peep upon

peer at

peep through

peep in

peepdoor

look at the corner of the eye

shoot a glance at

shoot a look at

eye hole

bleep

blink

bow

🙇

consider

emerge

examine

Traduzioni

piepen

kwetteren

sjilpen

tjilpen

pépier

piar

gorjear

begluren

piar

zwitschern

gazouiller

piepen

piepsen

pépiement

pipilar

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/piːp/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: pepen

Affine olandese: piepen

Affine tedesco: piepen

In summary

From Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic.