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Definition of bo-peep in English: bo-peepnoun bəʊˈpiːp Australian, NZ informal A quick look. Example sentencesExamples - As an added bonus it appears that customs have had a bo'peep inside the parcel.
- Don't take my word for it: check it out for yourself and ask your panel to have a bo peep themselves.
- Following the advice from a fellow techie who had worked on it before, I had a bo-peep with the back off and the room lights out and there it was.
- I just had a bo peep at this album and boy, did you hit the jackpot here.
- I just took a Bo peep at that awful video of you, and I gotta say, that's some ugly head you got.
Origin Early 16th century (originally denoting a game of hiding and reappearing): from bo, an exclamation intended to startle someone (compare with boo1) + the verb peep1. The current sense dates from the 1940s. |