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Bopeep
Bopeep Bo*peep", n. [Bo + peep.]
The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so
as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of
looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened.
I for sorrow sung, That such a king should play bopeep,
And go the fools among. --Shak.
Day-peep
Day-peep Day"-peep` (-p[=e]p`), n.
The dawn. [Poetic] --Milton.
Peep sightSight Sight, n. [OE. sight, si?t, siht, AS. siht, gesiht,
gesih?, gesieh?, gesyh?; akin to D. gezicht, G. sicht,
gesicht, Dan. sigte, Sw. sigt, from the root of E. see. See
See, v. t.]
1. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view;
as, to gain sight of land.
A cloud received him out of their sight. --Acts. i.
9.
2. The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of
perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.
Thy sight is young, And thou shalt read when mine
begin to dazzle. --Shak.
O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! --Milton.
3. The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility;
open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space
through which the power of vision extends; as, an object
within sight.
4. A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.
Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great
sight, why the bush is not burnt. --Ex. iii. 3.
They never saw a sight so fair. --Spenser.
5. The instrument of seeing; the eye.
Why cloud they not their sights? --Shak.
6. Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the
sight of only one person.
7. Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was
harmless. --Wake.
That which is highly esteemed among men is
abomination in the sight of God. --Luke xvi.
15.
8. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and
by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as,
the sight of a quadrant.
Thier eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel.
--Shak.
9. A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech,
muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and
the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the
eye is guided in aiming. --Farrow.
10. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as
of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the
border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space,
the opening.
11. A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money.
[Now colloquial]
Note: Sight in this last sense was formerly employed in the
best usage. ``A sight of lawyers.' --Latimer.
A wonder sight of flowers. --Gower.
At sight, as soon as seen, or presented to sight; as, a
draft payable at sight: to read Greek at sight; to shoot a
person at sight.
Front sight (Firearms), the sight nearest the muzzle.
Open sight. (Firearms)
(a) A front sight through which the objects aimed at may
be seen, in distinction from one that hides the
object.
(b) A rear sight having an open notch instead of an
aperture.
Peep sight, Rear sight. See under Peep, and Rear.
Sight draft, an order, or bill of exchange, directing the
payment of money at sight.
To take sight, to take aim; to look for the purpose of
directing a piece of artillery, or the like.
Syn: Vision; view; show; spectacle; representation;
exhibition. Peep sightPeep sight Peep sight
An adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep
through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near
the breech; -- distinguished from an open sight. Peep sight 3. To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a
crevice; to pry.
eep through the blanket of the dark. --Shak.
From her cabined loophole peep. --Milton.
Peep sight, an adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole
to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other
firearm near the breech. peeperSandpiper Sand"pi`per, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringid[ae].
Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(T. alpina); the purple sandpiper (T. maritima: the
red-breasted sandpiper, or knot (T. canutus); the
semipalmated sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus); the
spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail (Actitis
macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites
subruficollis), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or
upland plover. See under Upland. Among the European
species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the
sanderling, and the common sandpiper (Actitis, or
Tringoides, hypoleucus), called also fiddler,
peeper, pleeps, weet-weet, and summer snipe.
Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called
sandpipers.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt. Peephole
Peephole Peep"hole`, n.
A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being
discovered.
Peeping holePeeping hole Peep"ing hole`
See Peephole. Peepul treePeepul tree Pee"pul tree` [Hind. p[=i]pal, Skr. pippala.]
(Bot.)
A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of
fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See Bo
tree. [Written also pippul tree, and pipal tree.] Underpeep
Underpeep Un`der*peep", v. t.
To peep under. ``The flame . . . would underpeep her lids.'
[R.] --Shak.
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Peep,
Peeps, or
PEEP may
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Estonian masculine given name Lil
Peep (1996–2017)...
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November 1, 1996 –
November 15, 2017),
known professionally as Lil
Peep, was an
American rapper and singer-songwriter. He was a
member of the emo...
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peep show or
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which is
viewed through a
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Peeps are a
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United States and
Canada in the
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Peep Show is a
British television sitcom starring David Mitc**** and
Robert Webb, and
created by
Andrew O'Connor,
Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain. The series...
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Peep" or "Little Bo-
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peeping in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Peeping may
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Peep Show is a
British television sitcom starring David Mitc**** and
Robert Webb. It was
broadcast on
Channel 4 in the
United Kingdom.
Written by Jesse...
