"peephole" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /piːphəʊl/ [UK], /piphoʊl/ [US], [pʰiphoʊɫ] [US] Audio: en-us-peephole.ogg Forms: peepholes [plural]
Etymology: From peep + hole. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|peep|hole}} peep + hole Head templates: {{en-noun}} peephole (plural peepholes)
  1. A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen. Synonyms: spyhole [UK], peekhole, doorhole, door viewer Derived forms: peephole optimization Related terms: knothole, eyehole Translations (hole): loergat (Afrikaans), مَنْوَر (manwar) [masculine] (Arabic), كُوَّة (kuwwa) [feminine] (Arabic), وَصْوَص (waṣwaṣ) [masculine] (Arabic), ثَقْب اَلْبَاب (ṯaqb al-bāb) (Arabic), عَيْن سِحْرِيَّة (ʕayn siḥriyya) [feminine] (Arabic), шпионка (špionka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), espiera [feminine] (Catalan), espiell [masculine] (Catalan), 窺視孔 (english: a small hole or opening) (Chinese Mandarin), 窥视孔 (kuīshì kǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), 門鏡 (english: a glass device) (Chinese Mandarin), 门镜 (ménjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 貓眼 (Chinese Mandarin), 猫眼 (māoyǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 窺視鏡 (Chinese Mandarin), 窥视镜 (kuīshìjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), kukátko [neuter] (Czech), špehýrka [feminine] (Czech), ovisilmä (Finnish), kurkistusreikä (Finnish), kurkistusaukko (Finnish), kurkistusluukku (Finnish), judas [masculine] (French), Spion [masculine] (German), Türspion [masculine] (German), kémlelőnyílás (Hungarian), kukucskáló (Hungarian), spioncino [masculine] (Italian), 覗き穴 (nozoki-ana) (alt: のぞきあな) (Japanese), шпионка (špionka) [feminine] (Macedonian), ouïe d'l'us (Norman), tittehull [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), چشمی (češmi) (Persian), wizjer [masculine] (Polish), judasz [masculine] (Polish), olho mágico [masculine] (Portuguese), óculo [masculine] (Portuguese), vizor [neuter] (Romanian), глазо́к (glazók) [masculine] (Russian), смотрово́е отве́рстие (smotrovóje otvérstije) [neuter] (Russian), смотрова́я щель (smotrovája ščelʹ) [feminine] (Russian), зурка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), шпијунка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zurka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), špijunka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), priezor [masculine] (Slovak), mirilla [feminine] (Spanish), ojo mágico [Latin-America, masculine] (Spanish), kikhål [neuter] (Swedish), ตาแมว (dtaa-mɛɛo) (Thai), gözetleme deliği (Turkish), kapı dürbünü (Turkish), logedahog (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:",
          "text": "It’s a conjurer’s den. — I shouldn’t be surprised if cabby’s old gent is staring at us all the while from some peephole of his own.",
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          "opening",
          "opening"
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          "glass",
          "glass"
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        [
          "door",
          "door"
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          "through",
          "through"
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          "look",
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          "word": "spyhole"
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          "word": "doorhole"
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          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "loergat"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "sense": "hole",
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          "word": "مَنْوَر"
        },
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "kuwwa",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "كُوَّة"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "waṣwaṣ",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "وَصْوَص"
        },
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṯaqb al-bāb",
          "sense": "hole",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕayn siḥriyya",
          "sense": "hole",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "hole",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "espiera"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "espiell"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "a small hole or opening",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "窺視孔"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kuīshì kǒng",
          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "窥视孔"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "a glass device",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "門鏡"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ménjìng",
          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "门镜"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "貓眼"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "māoyǎn",
          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "猫眼"
        },
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          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "窺視鏡"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "kuīshìjìng",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "hole",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "ovisilmä"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "kurkistusreikä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "kurkistusaukko"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "kurkistusluukku"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "judas"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Spion"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "hole",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "Türspion"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "kémlelőnyílás"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "kukucskáló"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "spioncino"
        },
        {
          "alt": "のぞきあな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nozoki-ana",
          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "覗き穴"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "špionka",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "шпионка"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "ouïe d'l'us"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "hole",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "tittehull"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "češmi",
          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "چشمی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wizjer"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "judasz"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "olho mágico"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "óculo"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vizor"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "glazók",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "глазо́к"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "smotrovóje otvérstije",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "смотрово́е отве́рстие"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "smotrovája ščelʹ",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "смотрова́я щель"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "hole",
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            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "зурка"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "hole",
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            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "шпијунка"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "hole",
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            "Roman",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "zurka"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "hole",
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            "Roman",
            "feminine"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "hole",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "priezor"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "hole",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "mirilla"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "hole",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "hole",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "kikhål"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dtaa-mɛɛo",
          "sense": "hole",
          "word": "ตาแมว"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Volapük translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:",
          "text": "It’s a conjurer’s den. — I shouldn’t be surprised if cabby’s old gent is staring at us all the while from some peephole of his own.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ],
        [
          "opening",
          "opening"
        ],
        [
          "glass",
          "glass"
        ],
        [
          "door",
          "door"
        ],
        [
          "through",
          "through"
        ],
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/piːphəʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/piphoʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰiphoʊɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-peephole.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ca/En-us-peephole.ogg/En-us-peephole.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/En-us-peephole.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "spyhole"
    },
    {
      "word": "peekhole"
    },
    {
      "word": "doorhole"
    },
    {
      "word": "door viewer"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "loergat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "manwar",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَنْوَر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kuwwa",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "كُوَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "waṣwaṣ",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وَصْوَص"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṯaqb al-bāb",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "ثَقْب اَلْبَاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕayn siḥriyya",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عَيْن سِحْرِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "špionka",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шпионка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espiell"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "a small hole or opening",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "窺視孔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuīshì kǒng",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "窥视孔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "a glass device",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "門鏡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ménjìng",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "门镜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "貓眼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "māoyǎn",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "猫眼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "窺視鏡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuīshìjìng",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "窥视镜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kukátko"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "špehýrka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "ovisilmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "kurkistusreikä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "kurkistusaukko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "kurkistusluukku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "judas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Türspion"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "kémlelőnyílás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "kukucskáló"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spioncino"
    },
    {
      "alt": "のぞきあな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nozoki-ana",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "覗き穴"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "špionka",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шпионка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "ouïe d'l'us"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tittehull"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "češmi",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "چشمی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wizjer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "judasz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olho mágico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "óculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vizor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glazók",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "глазо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smotrovóje otvérstije",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "смотрово́е отве́рстие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smotrovája ščelʹ",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "смотрова́я щель"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зурка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шпијунка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zurka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "špijunka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "priezor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mirilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ojo mágico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hole",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kikhål"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtaa-mɛɛo",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "ตาแมว"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "gözetleme deliği"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "kapı dürbünü"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "hole",
      "word": "logedahog"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peephole"
}

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