peeps

American  

[peeps] / pips /

Sometimes peepz

plural noun

• peep
  singular

1. one's friends, family, followers, etc..

   I'll have to ask my peeps about this.

2. people.

   Only ten peeps showed up for the hike.

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Etymology

Origin of peeps

1950–55; shortening and alteration of people ( def. ) + -s ³ ( def. )

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

peeps peep

Next to it, a small ghost peeps furtively through a window.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

“Excuse me, Rev. Jackson,” peeps Gross, “Are we ever going to get to answer a question here?”

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026

He told me he had RSVP’d and “was in line with all the peeps waiting to get in” but had never made it inside.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026

The child's tiny face peeps out of a white shroud.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025

The only sounds that came out of me were little peeps, like a baby bird chirping “Alexandra Potemkin and the Space Shuttle to Planet Z.”

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

As Mexico pulled one back "cushions were thrown" and there was a quiet "peep of dissent when England's Jarell Quansah was sent off", he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

The viewer never gets more than a passing peep.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026

But when the basement lights were off and the others were distracted, a four-year-old could hide on the stairs and peep over the railing to see all of “Titanic,” rated PG-13 by the way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

“On Sunday I am closed for business. You will not hear a peep from me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2025

There is a glass door between it and the nursery, and I mean to peep at him, and then I’ll tell you how he looks.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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