underpeep

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ peep.

Verb

underpeep (third-person singular simple present underpeeps, present participle underpeeping, simple past and past participle underpeeped)

1. To peep under.
   • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     The flame […] would underpeep her lids.