āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to peep
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āĻāĻ āĻāϞāĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž, āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϤāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§
to look quickly and secretly
Intransitive: to peep somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Right now, I am peeping around the corner to see what's happening.
āĻāĻāύāĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ ā§ āĻāϏāĻž
to emerge into view momentarily or partially
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The first signs of spring began to peep through the thawing snow.
āĻŦāϏāύā§āϤā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϞāĻā§āώāĻŖāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāϞāĻŋāϤ āϤā§āώāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϞāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āĻāĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to make a short, high-pitched sound, like a small bird or a young child
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As she walked through the forest, she heard the leaves rustle and birds peep.
āĻŦāύā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻšā§āĻāĻā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϏ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϏāĻāϏ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻļā§āύāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢāĻŋāϏāĻĢāĻŋāϏ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻžāύāĻžāĻāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to speak in a hesitant or secretive manner
Intransitive: to peep to sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Huddled in the tent, they peeped to each other about their plans for the night.
āϤāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĢāĻŋāϏāĻĢāĻŋāϏ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻāĻž
to cause something to emerge into view momentarily or partially
Transitive: to peep sth somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cat peeped its paw under the door, trying to reach the toy on the other side.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻž āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻ
āύā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āϞāύāĻž āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻĒāύ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻž
a secret look
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āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϰ, āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāϰ
the short weak cry of a young bird



























