peephole

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UK/ˈpiːphəʊl/US/ˈpiːphoʊl/US[ˈpʰiːphoʊɫ]

noun

A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.

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spyholepeekholedoorholedoor viewereyehole
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Meanings

nounpeephole (plural peepholes)

plural peepholes

  1. A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.

    It’s a conjurer’s den. — I shouldn’t be surprised if cabby’s old gent is staring at us all the while from some peephole of his own.

    1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle

    Synonyms: spyhole, peekhole, doorhole, door viewer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.

Similar
spyholepeekholedoorholedoor viewer

More synonyms by meaning

nouna hole (in a door or an oven etc.) through which you can peep

Similar
spyholeeyehole
Broader
hole
Also see
eyeholespyhole

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From peep + hole.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans loergat
  • loergathole
Arabic مَنْوَر, كُوَّة
  • مَنْوَر (manwar)hole
  • كُوَّة (kuwwa)hole
  • وَصْوَص (waṣwaṣ)hole
  • ثَقْبُ ٱلْبَاب (ṯaqbu l-bāb)hole
  • عَيْن سِحْرِيَّة (ʕayn siḥriyya)hole
Bulgarian шпионка
  • шпионка (špionka)hole
Catalan espiera, espiell
  • espierahole
  • espiellhole
Chinese Mandarin 窺視孔 /窥视孔, 門鏡 /门镜
  • 窺視孔 /窥视孔 (kuīshì kǒng)hole
  • 門鏡 /门镜 (ménjìng)hole
  • 貓眼 /猫眼 (māoyǎn)hole
  • 窺視鏡 /窥视镜 (kuīshìjìng)hole
Czech kukátko, špehýrka
  • kukátkohole
  • špehýrkahole
Dutch kijkgat, deurspion
  • kijkgathole
  • deurspionhole
  • spionhole
  • judasooghole
Finnish ovisilmä, kurkistusreikä
  • ovisilmähole
  • kurkistusreikähole
  • kurkistusaukkohole
  • kurkistusluukkuhole
French judas
  • judashole
German Spion, Türspion
  • Spionhole
  • Türspionhole
Hungarian kémlelőnyílás, kukucskáló
  • kémlelőnyíláshole
  • kukucskálóhole
Italian spioncino
  • spioncinohole
Japanese 覗き穴
  • 覗き穴 (nozoki-ana)hole
Norwegian Bokmål tittehull
  • tittehullhole
Persian چشمی
  • چشمی (češmi)hole
Polish wizjer, judasz
  • wizjerhole
  • judaszhole
Portuguese olho mágico, óculo
  • olho mágicohole
  • óculohole
Romanian vizor
  • vizorhole
Russian глазо́к, смотрово́е отве́рстие
  • глазо́к (glazók)hole
  • смотрово́е отве́рстие (smotrovóje otvérstije)hole
  • смотрова́я щель (smotrovája ščelʹ)hole
Slovak priezor
  • priezorhole
Spanish mirilla, ojo mágico
  • mirillahole
  • ojo mágicohole
Swedish kikhål
  • kikhålhole
Thai ตาแมว
  • ตาแมว (dtaa-mɛɛo)hole
Turkish gözetleme deliği, kapı dürbünü
  • gözetleme deliğihole
  • kapı dürbünühole
Ukrainian ві́чко
  • ві́чко (víčko)hole
Cite this entry
APA

peephole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peephole

MLA

“peephole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peephole. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peephole,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peephole.

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