"bo-peep" meaning in All languages combined

See bo-peep on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bo-peeps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (children's game): peek-a-boo, peep bo
    Sense id: en-bo-peep-en-noun-eaqibAyr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 11 24 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 10 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 15 33 27 Disambiguation of "children's game": 53 14 33
  2. (countable, British Virgin Islands) Any whistling frog. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-bo-peep-en-noun-9K8qP8Cr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 11 24 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 15 33 27
  3. (uncountable, Cockney rhyming slang) Sleep. Tags: Cockney, slang, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Frogs
    Sense id: en-bo-peep-en-noun-fUqQ~dfw Disambiguation of Frogs: 20 23 35 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 11 24 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 10 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 15 33 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bo peep, bopeep Derived forms: bo peepers, bo-peepers

Verb [English]

Forms: bo-peeps [present, singular, third-person], bo-peeping [participle, present], bo-peeped [participle, past], bo-peeped [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bo-peep-en-verb-kkwgIsX9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 11 24 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 13 22 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 10 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 15 33 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bo peep, bopeep

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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