peeper
/ˈpipɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A peeping tom.
Example Sentences
- "Check out the gorgeous peepers on that guy!"
- "1938, Louis Armstrong (and lyrics by Johnny Mercer), Jeepers Creepers Jeepers creepers, where'd ya get them peepers? Jeepers creepers, where'd ya get those eyes?"
- "The witness stand. Goldminers giving evidence, sure he's violent didn't I see him with my own peepers chasing those poor kids up on the roof."
- "Who's there? peepers, intelligencers, eavesdroppers?"
- "If listeners seldom hear good of themselves, it is also true that peepers sometimes see more than they like; and Betty, the cook, as she reached the landing, glancing askance with ominous curiosity, beheld a spectacle, the sight of which nearly bereft her of her senses."
- "So you go to see this peeper, this Marlowe. That was your mistake."
Etymology
From peep + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpipɚ/
- British English: /ˈpiːpə/