"bo-peep" meaning in English

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Noun

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 Categories (lifeform): Frogs Synonyms (children's game): peek-a-boo, peep bo
    Sense id: en-bo-peep-en-noun-eaqibAyr Disambiguation of Frogs: 22 28 28 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 12 24 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 19 31 24 Disambiguation of "children's game": 55 15 30
  2. (countable, British Virgin Islands) Any whistling frog. Tags: countable Categories (lifeform): Frogs
    Sense id: en-bo-peep-en-noun-9K8qP8Cr Disambiguation of Frogs: 22 28 28 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 12 24 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 19 31 24
  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: 22 28 28 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 12 24 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 19 31 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 21 31 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bo peep, bopeep Derived forms: bo peepers, bo-peepers

Verb

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 Categories (lifeform): Frogs
    Sense id: en-bo-peep-en-verb-kkwgIsX9 Disambiguation of Frogs: 22 28 28 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 12 24 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 19 31 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bo peep, bopeep

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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