Peep n.
 1. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.
 2. First outlook or appearance.
    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. Zool. (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]

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