Meanings
nounpeeping (plural peepings)
plural peepings
- The action of the verb to peep.
Yet, terrible as was the danger we incurred, the attraction of peeping was for both of us irresistible.
1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 2171 more example
You will know them by their sly looks; their skulkings, peepings, watchings, and the snares they lay;—by the great papers, with great seals, that they carry; […]
1852, William Gilmore Simms, The Sword and the Distaff, page 205
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of peep
Rhymes & wordplay
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