peekaboo
See also: peek-a-boo
English edit
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
peekaboo (uncountable)
- (games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".
- Synonym: peepbo
Translations edit
game for small children
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Adjective edit
peekaboo (not comparable)
- (of clothing) With holes, slits or transparent fabric to reveal what is normally hidden.
- The model was wearing a peekaboo swimsuit.
- (boxing) Being or using a style of boxing with the hands kept close to the face to defend it.
- peekaboo boxing
- a peekaboo guard
Quotations edit
- 2011 January 13, Phil Vettel, “Chef of the Year: Anthomy Martin”, in Chicago Tribune, 164th year, number 13, section 5, page 4:
- Precise herbed-lamb packets amid art nouveau swirls of asparagus noodles, a lacy tuile that adds a peekaboo seductivity to potato gnocchi — [Anthony] Martin’s presentations are bold and beautiful, yet his flavor pairings are almost maddeningly subtle, driving overanalytical foodies to despair.
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Translations edit
of clothing, with holes, slits, or transparent fabric
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Verb edit
peekaboo (third-person singular simple present peekaboos, present participle peekabooing, simple past and past participle peekabooed)
- (intransitive) To peep out.
- 2013, Stan Timmons, Ammon's Horn:
- A spike of white bone peekabooed through the flesh of his wrist and blood spurted.
- 2013, Marianne Harden, Malicious Mischief:
- “Mount Rainier has escaped the clouds.” I turned to the volcano peekabooing through the trees in the distance.
Interjection edit
peekaboo