"peeping tom" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-peeping tom.wav [US] Forms: peeping toms [plural]
Etymology: From Peeping Tom, a tailor in the legend of Lady Godiva who watched Godiva riding naked. Head templates: {{en-noun}} peeping tom (plural peeping toms)
  1. A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other. Wikipedia link: Peeping Tom Categories (topical): People Synonyms: peeper, voyeur, peeping Tom, Peeping Tom Translations (person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure): مُتَلَصِّص (mutalaṣṣiṣ) [masculine] (Arabic), 偷窺者 (Chinese Mandarin), 偷窥者 (tōukuīzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 偷窺狂 (Chinese Mandarin), 偷窥狂 (tōukuīkuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), šmírák [masculine] (Czech), voyeur [masculine] (Czech), vindueskigger [common-gender] (Danish), tirkistelijä (Finnish), voyeuristi (Finnish), voyeur [masculine] (French), voyeuse [feminine] (French), Voyeur [masculine] (German), Spanner [masculine] (German), ηδονοβλεψίας (idonovlepsías) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), οφθαλμοπόρνος (ofthalmopórnos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), ματάκιας (matákias) [masculine] (Greek), μπανιστηρτζής (banistirtzís) [masculine] (Greek), gluggagægir [masculine] (Icelandic), guardone [masculine] (Italian), 出歯亀 (alt: でばかめ, debakame, でばがめ, debagame) (Japanese), 覗き魔 (nozokima) (alt: のぞきま) (Japanese), ѕиркач (dzirkač) [masculine] (Macedonian), воајер (voajer) [masculine] (Macedonian), dgîngneux [masculine] (Norman), vinduskikker (Norwegian Bokmål), vinduskikkar (Norwegian Nynorsk), هیز (hiz) (Persian), Glotzkopp [masculine] (Plautdietsch), voyeur (Portuguese), espreitador (Portuguese), вуайери́ст (vuajeríst) [masculine] (Russian), вуайери́стка (vuajerístka) [feminine] (Russian), вуайёр (vuajjór) [masculine] (Russian), согляда́тай (sogljadátaj) [masculine] (Russian), подгля́дывающий (podgljádyvajuščij) [masculine] (Russian), voyeur [masculine] (Spanish), mirón [masculine] (Spanish), voyeur [common-gender] (Swedish), smygtittare [common-gender] (Swedish), fönstertittare [common-gender] (Swedish), fluktare [common-gender] (Swedish), röntgenci (Turkish), Twm Pip [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
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          "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
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          "roman": "podgljádyvajuščij",
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    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vindueskigger"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "word": "tirkistelijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "word": "voyeuristi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voyeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voyeuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Voyeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spanner"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "idonovlepsías",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ηδονοβλεψίας"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ofthalmopórnos",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "οφθαλμοπόρνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "matákias",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ματάκιας"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "banistirtzís",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μπανιστηρτζής"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gluggagægir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guardone"
    },
    {
      "alt": "でばかめ, debakame, でばがめ, debagame",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "word": "出歯亀"
    },
    {
      "alt": "のぞきま",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nozokima",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "word": "覗き魔"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dzirkač",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ѕиркач"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "voajer",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "воајер"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dgîngneux"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "word": "vinduskikker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "word": "vinduskikkar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hiz",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "word": "هیز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Glotzkopp"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "word": "voyeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "word": "espreitador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vuajeríst",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вуайери́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vuajerístka",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вуайери́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vuajjór",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вуайёр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sogljadátaj",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "согляда́тай"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podgljádyvajuščij",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подгля́дывающий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voyeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mirón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "voyeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "smygtittare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fönstertittare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fluktare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "word": "röntgenci"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Twm Pip"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peeping tom"
}

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