bo-peep

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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.

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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.