0 present participle of peep
1 to secretly look at something for a short time, usually through a hole:
2 to appear slowly and not be completely seen:
She sat there, peeping at us, seemingly pleased with herself and with our response.
He, thus, did not appreciate that buzzing with laterally directed wings and 'peeping' are separate behaviour patterns.
Linda was a little thing, her small pretty face peeping out of a magenta knit ski-cap that also covered her neck.
His integrity, however, kept peeping through as he went through his speech.
This is only just peeping over the horizon in its true colours.
I was going to say that timidity comes peeping out at the very end of this document.
Are we now peeping into the future?
This is relevant to the issue of peeping toms, and to schools that grow hedges in order to stop people looking at schoolchildren in a state of semi-undress.