Tra từ peep - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

peep [peep peeps peeped peeping] verb, noun BrE [piːp] NAmE [piːp]
verb
1. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) to look quickly and secretly at sth, especially through a small opening
•We caught her peeping through the keyhole.
•Could I just peep inside?
•He was peeping at her through his fingers.
2. intransitive + adv./prep. to be just visible
•The tower peeped above the trees.
•The sun peeped out from behind the clouds.
3. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) to make a short high sound; to make sth make this sound.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. senses 1 to 2 and n. sense 1 late 15th cent. ↑peekv. sense 3 and n. senses 2 to 4 late Middle English ↑cheep

Example Bank:
•He peeped out cautiously from behind the door.
•She was tempted to peep at the letter.
•The child peeped through a crack in the door.
•The little boy was peeping at her through his fingers.

noun
1. countable, usually singular a quick or secret look at sth
•Dave took a quick peep at the last page.
2. singular (informal)something that sb says or a sound that sb makes
•We did not hear a peep out of the baby all night.
3. countable a short high sound like the one made by a young bird or by a whistle
4. (also peep ˈpeep)countable (BrE)a word for the sound of a car's horn, used especially by children

Word Origin:
v. senses 1 to 2 and n. sense 1 late 15th cent. ↑peekv. sense 3 and n. senses 2 to 4 late Middle English ↑cheep

Example Bank:
•I noticed him take a little peep at his watch.
•I took a peep through the keyhole.
•Not a peep of protest was heard from the State Department.
•The film gives us a peep behind the curtain at a Broadway musical.
•a peep into the private life of a world leader
•I took a quick peep at the last page.