peeping

verbsneak a look

verbappear briefly

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verb sneak a look

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curious

adjective. desiring knowledge, understanding

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adjective. desiring knowledge, understanding

Word Origin & History

"glance" (especially through a small opening), mid-15c., perhaps alteration of Middle English piken (see peek (v.)). Peeping Tom "a curious prying fellow" [Grose] is from 1796; connection with Lady Godiva story dates only from 1837.

Example Sentences for peeping

How strangely the Past is peeping over the shoulders of the Present!

When he started up, the Godfather Break of Day was peeping at its namesake.

Don't take any notice of it,' said Miss Ledrook, peeping in from the bedroom.

I looked and saw the Marquis peeping from a carriage-window.

The sun was just peeping over the serrated tops of the mountains.

Three times today I've caught you peeping at me through the crack of that door.

The English footman in the scarlet breeches had been peeping from under the stairs.

"The unbeliever is for ever peeping forth from thee," was Marzak's dignified reply.

He shrank from it almost; it gave him the feeling of prying, of peeping through a keyhole.

Creeping close and peeping through, I could see an awful sight.

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curious

inquisitorial

investigative

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snoopy

peeping

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inquisitorial

investigative

more curious

snoopy

Synonyms for peeping

curious