peeper

¹

[ pee-per ]

noun

1. a person or thing that emits or utters a peeping peep sound.
2. Northeastern U.S. any of several frogs having a peeping peep call, especially the spring peeper.

peeper

²

[ pee-per ]

noun

1. a person who peeps peep in an abnormally prying manner; a voyeur.
2. peepers, Slang. the eyes.

peeper

/ ˈpiːpə /

noun

1. a person who peeps
2. often plural a slang word for eye 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of peeper¹

First recorded in 1585–95; peep ² + -er ¹

Origin of peeper²

First recorded in 1645–55; peep ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Or, not for the squeamish, watch the battle against Gargantos, a gooey one-eyed, multistory, six-legged demon with sucker tentacles that eventually loses its peeper in a highly gross way.

From Washington Times

Q. Re: Don’t fear the peeper: While I was reading through the post, I was thinking, “sure, nothing wrong with that, I like to do that too”—until I realized … you STOP!?

From Slate

Q. Re: Don’t fear the peeper: Intrinsically wrong or illegal?

From Slate

Q. Don’t fear the peeper: I like to walk through my town at night and briefly peer into people’s windows to see their interior design.

From Slate

I spent much of my final college semester lugging around a parabolic microphone to record the mating calls of spring peeper frogs.

From National Geographic

Related Words

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