peep
n. countablen. a quick or secret look at something. You often use it when you are trying to see something without being noticed.
n. a brief or furtive look, often through a small opening or from a concealed position.
I took a quick peep through the curtains to see who was there.
The children tried to get a peep at their birthday presents hidden in the top of the closet.
After hours of waiting in the blind, the photographer finally caught a peep of the rare leopard emerging from the dense undergrowth.
From Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic.
From Middle English pepen, variant of piken.
Uncertain; perhaps variant of pip.
Back-formation from peeps, a shortened form of people.
Genericized trademark from the confection brand Peeps.
Commonly used in the phrase 'take a peep' or 'have a peep'.