bo-peep

American  

[boh-peep] / boʊˈpip /

noun

1. peekaboo.

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bo-peep British  

/ ˌbəʊˈpiːp /

noun

1. a game for very young children, in which one hides (esp hiding one's face in one's hands) and reappears suddenly

2. informal a quick look (esp in the phrase have a bo-peep )

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Etymology

Origin of bo-peep

1520–30; bo (variant of boo ¹ ) + peep ¹

Example Sentences

“We have had a complete game at bo-peep to-day, my friend! but here comes a lady who has promised to eat you up, therefore I shall have no more trouble.”

From Holiday House A Series of Tales by Sinclair, Catherine

The twins were sitting at his feet, while his wife was playing bo-peep with the little one, who laughed and shouted, while his mother hid herself behind his father's arm-chair.

From Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 by Jókai, Mór

Are your senses playing bo-peep with the ghost of some pigeon-livered coast captain, eh?

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 286, December 8, 1827 by Various

The sofa pillows appeared to have been playing "bo-peep" with each other, for three had hid themselves under one sofa, and the fourth I found in the after-cabin, jammed between my portmanteau and the bulk-head.

From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by Ross, William A.

And a nice game you’re carrying on—playing bo-peep with a fellow!

From The Golden Magnet by Fenn, George Manville