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peephole

Definitions

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

  • noun A small hole or crevice through which one may look.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hole or crevice through which one may peep or look.

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

  • noun A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered.

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

  • noun A small hole, opening, or glass, especially in a door, through which to look.

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

  • noun a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

peep +‎ hole

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Examples

  • Well, that ` s called peephole reverse technology right there where you can do precisely that.

    CNN Transcript Jul 22, 2009 2009

  • SELLS VIDEO SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT: Well, if it was through the peephole, fortunately or unfortunately, there is a device called a peephole reverser.

    CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2009 2009

  • Even if he'd looked full at Talsu, all he could have seen of him through the peephole were a couple of staring eyes.

    Rulers of the Darkness Turtledove, Harry 2002

  • All the same, the dude who taped Erin Andrews through the peephole is a total bottom feeder.

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post 2009

  • The latter was made of "peephole" glass; that is to say, it was transparent toward whichever side happened to be brightly lighted; and since the windows in the corridor provided plenty of light, and the cabinet was black-dark, it was possible to look into the mirror facing me and see reflected in it the whole length of the corridor and anyone who might be entering through the front door.

    Jimgrim Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1931

  • The one he hadn’t seen through the peephole was a priest of some sort.

    Scott Free John Gilstrap 2003

  • The one he hadn’t seen through the peephole was a priest of some sort.

    Scott Free John Gilstrap 2003

  • The one he hadn’t seen through the peephole was a priest of some sort.

    Scott Free John Gilstrap 2003

  • The one he hadn’t seen through the peephole was a priest of some sort.

    Scott Free John Gilstrap 2003

  • Baylous said the main focus of this law is motorists who only clear enough snow off of their windshields to form a "peephole," which he said causes the driver to miss out on what is happening on the roadways surrounding them.

    The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register 2010

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  • whichbe commented on the word peephole

    Power to the peephole.

    November 8, 2008