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PEEPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An animal that makes short high-pitched sounds
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("peeper" is a kind of...):
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Derivation:
peep (make high-pitched sounds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An informal term referring to the eye
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("peeper" is a kind of...):
eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
Synonyms:
peeper; Peeping Tom; voyeur
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("peeper" is a kind of...):
looker; spectator; viewer; watcher; witness (a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind))
Derivation:
peep (look furtively)
