PEEPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peeper mean? 

• PEEPER (noun)
  The noun PEEPER has 3 senses:

1. a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others

2. an informal term referring to the eye

3. an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds

  Familiarity information: PEEPER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEEPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

peeper; Peeping Tom; voyeur

Hypernyms ("peeper" is a kind of...):

looker; spectator; viewer; watcher; witness (a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind))

Derivation:

peep (look furtively)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An informal term referring to the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("peeper" is a kind of...):

eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An animal that makes short high-pitched sounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("peeper" is a kind of...):

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Derivation:

peep (make high-pitched sounds)

 Context examples 

I’ve got my peepers on yer.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)