PEEP, PEEPING
ADJECTIVES
► PEEPY given to peeping → 1898 colloq.
► TOOTING peeping, prying, spying → 1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► HOOT a peep → 1897 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► KEEK a peep → 1773 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► SHUFTI ► SHUFTY a peep, a look → 20C Brit. sl.
► TEET a peep, a stolen glance → 1819 Sc.
► TOOT a peep or glance → 1865 Eng. dial.
► TOOTING a peeping, spying, looking → 1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► KEEKER a peeper, a gazer → 1902 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TOOTER a peeper; one who gazes; a watchman → 1382 obs.
VERBS
► GLUNT to peep, to glance → 1842 Eng. dial.
► KEEK to peep; to look privily, as through a narrow aperture, or round a corner → 1440 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► KEEK-BO to peep, to spy → 1821 Sc.
► PAKE to peep at → 1893 Eng. dial.
► SQUINNY to peep, to squint, to look askance → 1605
► TEET to peep; to peep or pry in a sly, clandestine manner → 1785 Sc.
► TOOT to peep, to peer, to look out; to gaze → 1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TWIRE to peep, to peer, to look narrowly or covertly → 1602 arch.