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peeper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun peeper has 3 senses
- peeper(n = noun.person) peeping tom, voyeur - a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others; Array is a kind of looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness
- peeper(n = noun.body) Array - an informal term referring to the eye; Array is a kind of eye, oculus, optic
- peeper(n = noun.animal) Array - an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds; Array is a kind of animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
Derived form verb peep1
Derived form verb peep3
CIDE DICTIONARY
peeper, n.
- A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird. [1913 Webster]
- One who peeps; a prying person; a spy. [1913 Webster]"Who's there? peepers, . . . eavesdroppers?" [1913 Webster]
- The eye; as, to close the peepers. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
peeper, n.
1 a person who peeps.
2 colloq. an eye.
3 US sl. a private detective.
1 a person who peeps.
2 colloq. an eye.
3 US sl. a private detective.
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