bo-peep

[ boh-peep ]

noun

1. peekaboo.

bo-peep

/ ˌbəʊˈpiːp /

noun

1. a game for very young children, in which one hides (esp hiding one's face in one's hands) and reappears suddenly
2. informal.
   a quick look (esp in the phrase have a bo-peep )

Word History and Origins

Origin of bo-peep¹

1520–30; bo (variant of boo ¹ ) + peep ¹

Example Sentences

He might have been even then in hiding in the brushwood, ready to cry bo-peep at them through the open door.

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The term bo-peep appears to have been connected at a very early period with sheep.

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And every one is acquainted with the nursery rhyme which details the adventures of 'Little Bo-peep,'

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They fly almost up to the nest, and poise themselves for an instant on the wing, just long enough to say, "Bo-peep!"

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Little Bo-Peep will miss you pretty soon and come down here looking for you.

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