Bo-peep
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bo-peep is a noun meaning (countable, British Virgin Islands) Any whistling frog.
Meaning
(countable, British Virgin Islands) Any whistling frog.
More Meanings
- (uncountable, Cockney rhyming slang) Sleep.
- (intransitive) To play the game of bo-peep; to peek out suddenly.
- The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle someone (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened.
Example Sentences
That such a king should play bo-peep, / And go the fools among.
Well, come on, boys. You've got to push off now. I'm going to read me linen and then get some Bo-Peep.
1881, Geneva Gazette - Jul 8, 1881, page 2, "Official Paper Of The Village" They have not employed spies, nor been voluntary or involuntary witnesses of misdeeds or played "bopeep" through key-holes or from step-ladders through transom windows, upon the privacy of their political adversaries.
Word Forms
- bo-peeps
- bopeep
- bo-peeping
- bo-peeped
Synonyms for bo-peep
Depending on context, synonyms include peek-a-boo, peep bo.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bopeep, peepe, peeping, peep, peek-a-boo, peeking.
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