peep-eyen.
/ˈpiːpʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈpiˌpaɪ/ Chiefly U.S.
= peekaboo n. 1.
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1887 Harper's Mag. Dec. 79/1 The baby..made futile efforts to play ‘peep-eye’ with anybody jovially disposed in the crowd.
1995 Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) (Nexis) 8 Jan. 12 He also suggests that parents bring along the child's favorite toy to comfort them. ‘I also have a paper cone that I play peep eye with,’ he said.
2002 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 8 Jan. 12 He and Grinda played peep-eye around the shelf-walls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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