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peekaboo

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A game for amusing a small child, in which one covers one's face or hides and then returns to view saying “Peekaboo!”
  • adjective Decorated with embroidered holes or eyelets.
  • adjective Made of a sheer or transparent fabric.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as bo-peep.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A child's game; bopeep.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun games A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then revealing it and saying Boo! or Peekaboo!.
  • adjective of clothing with holes, slits or transparent fabric to reveal what is normally hidden.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo!

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[peek + boo.]

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  • brtom commented on the word peekaboo

    They have tucked it safe among the bulrushes. Peekaboo. I see you. No, the dog. He is running back to them. Who?

    Joyce, Ulysses, 3

    December 30, 2006