Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

Showing results for peekapoo. Search instead for Peek+a+poos.

peekapoo

American

[pee-kuh-poo] / ˈpi kəˌpu /

Also pekepoo,

noun

a dog crossbred from a Pekingese and a miniature poodle.

Our Pekingese, Millie, is a wonderful mother to her litter of peekapoos.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

peekapoos

plural

Etymology

Origin of peekapoo

First recorded in 1965–70; Pek(ingese), the breed of dog + by analogy with the earlier compound noun (cock)apoo; spelling imitates peekaboo

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.