peeping

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːpɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -iːpɪŋ

Noun

peeping (plural peepings)

  1. The action of the verb to peep.
    • 1852, William Gilmore Simms, The Sword and the Distaff, page 205:
      You will know them by their sly looks; their skulkings, peepings, watchings, and the snares they lay;—by the great papers, with great seals, that they carry; […]
    • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 217:
      Yet, terrible as was the danger we incurred, the attraction of peeping was for both of us irresistible.

Verb

peeping

  1. present participle and gerund of peep

Derived terms

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