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

A farmer going by told him it was only a "spring Peeper," whatever that was, "some kind of a critter in the water."

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He had the sore peeper bound up for three or four days before he took it to a hospital.

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Ned Ward describes them as figuring, in his time, on the door of “a star-peeper,” in Prescot Street.

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He quietly sidled up to the hole where a peeper's nose made a knot on the tent on the inside.

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He kept his eyes on the crosshair of the peeper, one hand over the timer button.

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Related Words

• agent
• informer
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