What is another word for peep out?

Pronunciation: [pˈiːp ˈa͡ʊt] (IPA)

Peep out is a commonly used phrasal verb that refers to the action of appearing or becoming visible for a short while. There are many synonyms that can be used to replace this phrase, including peek, glance, glimpse, spy, spot, detect, and sight. All these words mean the same thing, which is to see or find something or someone momentarily or briefly. For instance, one might say, "I spotted a rabbit peeping out from behind the bushes" or "I caught a glimpse of the sunset through the trees." Regardless of the synonym used, the meaning will remain the same, with only minor differences in connotation and usage.

What are the hypernyms for Peep out?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    glance, peek, survey, the verbs look.

Famous quotes with Peep out

  • It is difficult to personate and act a part long, for where truth is not at the bottom Nature will always be endeavouring to return, and will peep out and betray herself one time or other.
    Tillotson
  • In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as . Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself. You will see it perhaps often in this History. For even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my Humility. [Part II, p. 76]
    Benjamin Franklin
  • Even in mathematics his whimsical fancy was sometimes suffered to peep out, and little girls who learnt the rudiments of calculation at his knee found the path they had imagined so thorny set about with roses by reason of the delightful fun with which he would turn a task into a joy. But when the fun was over the little girl would find that she had learnt the lesson (all unknowingly) just the same. Happy little girls who had such a master.
    Isa Bowman

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