Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn.
Gray.
3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of
concealment.
To take t' other peep at the stars.
Swift.
4. (Zoˆl.) (a) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna
minutilla). (b) The European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
Peep show, a small show, or object exhibited, which is viewed through
an orifice or a magnifying glass. -- Peep-o'-day boys, the Irish
insurgents of 1784; -- so called from their visiting the house of the
loyal Irish at day break in search of arms. [Cant]
Peep"er (?), n. 1. A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird.