peep

peep · noun, verb¹

1. Middle English · inherited frompepen
2. English todaypeep

From Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic.

peep · verb, noun²

1. Middle English · inherited frompepen
2. English todaypeep

From Middle English pepen, variant of piken.

peep · noun³

Uncertain; perhaps variant of pip.

peep · noun⁴

Back-formation from peeps, a shortened form of people.

peep · noun⁵

Genericized trademark from the confection brand Peeps.

Peep · noun⁶

Genericized trademark from the confection brand Peeps, owned by Just Born, Inc.

Words from the same roots