bo-peep

English

Alternative forms

Noun

bo-peep (countable and uncountable, plural bo-peeps)

  1. 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.
  2. (countable, British Virgin Islands) Any whistling frog.
  3. (uncountable, Cockney rhyming slang) Sleep.
    • 1976, Ron Barnes, Coronation Cups and Jam Jars, page 164:
      Well, come on, boys. You've got to push off now. I'm going to read me linen and then get some Bo-Peep.

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Derived terms

  • bo peepers / bo-peepers

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Verb

bo-peep (third-person singular simple present bo-peeps, present participle bo-peeping, simple past and past participle bo-peeped)

  1. (intransitive) To play the game of bo-peep; to peek out suddenly.
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