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
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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