Definition of Peeps

1. Noun. (plural of Peep) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of peep) ¹

3. Noun. (slang) people ¹

4. Verb. (third-person singular of peep) ¹

5. Noun. (context: now slang) People; often especially (with personal pronoun), one's friends or associates. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Peeps

1. peep [v] - See also: peep

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peeps

peepees
peeper
peepers
peepes
peephole
peephole-optimization
peephole optimization
peepholes
peepier
peepiest
peeping
peeping pixels
peeping toms
peepings
peeps (current term)
peepshows
peepul
peepul tree
peepuls
peepy
peer
peer-reviewed journal
peer-to-peer
peer editing
peer group
peer of the realm
peer pressure
peer review

Literary usage of Peeps

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"... and peeps from a Belfry, or the Parish Sketch Book, in 1855, while truthfully presenting all that is due to satire, arc so tempered by pathos and ..."

2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"At the top of the stair she peeps cautiously round h"- Half screened by blue "comforters" hung on * line ; And there sat the ..."

3. The History of "Punch" by Marion Harry Spielmann (1895)
"... Darre—Mr. ET Reed—His Original Humour—"Contrasts" and " Prehistoric peeps"—Approved by- Sports Committees and School Classes—Mr. Maud—A Useful Drain—Mr. ..."

4. A List of Books for Boys and Girls: In the Public Library of the City of Boston by Boston Public Library, Alice M. Jordan (1913)
"[peeps at many lands.] ZI oh 6.2 — HENTY. Lion of St. Mark. [Fiction. ... [peeps at great cities.] Zi oh 6.i7 Out with Garibaldi. [Fiction. ..."

5. Greenwood Leaves: A Collection of Sketches and Letters by Grace Greenwood (1850)
"... SLY peeps INTO THE HEART FEMININE. IT is one of my beliefs, that every tolerably pretty maiden, (present company excepted,) who has arrived at the age ..."

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