Meanings
present singular third person underpeeps · participle present underpeeping · participle past underpeeped · past underpeeped
- To peep under.
The flame […] would underpeep her lids.
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]
Origin
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