Peep

v. i. [imp. & p. p. PEEPED (peept); p. pr. & vb. n. PEEPING.] [D. piepen, Ger. pipen, Sw. pipa, Lat. pipire, to peep, pip, chirp; Fr. péprier, Sp. pipiar, piar; It. pipilare, pipolare, equivalent to Lat. pipilare; hence, to begin to appear, the sound which chickens make upon the first breaking of the shell being transferred to the look accompanying it. Cf. also Dan. pippe frem, to shoot forth, to bud.]

1. To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to utter a faint, shrill sound; to chirp.
2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to look slyly through a crevice, or with the eyes half closed. “Peep through the blanket of the dark.” Shak.

I can see his pride Peep through each part of him. Shak. Ere the blabbing eastern scout, The nice morn, on the Indian steep, From her cabined loophole peep. Milton. Thou art a maid, and must not peep. Prior.