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peeper

peeper

9 9.5
A casual word for the eye
  • noun
  • /ˈpipər/
  • Informal
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  • You won't be the only one in the theater with vampire-Bella-inspired peepers; we guarantee it.
  • Feast your peepers
  • Get those peepers
  • Peepers are wide open

Well, I'm really excited because we have got huge holiday feasts for your peepers.

Examples

  • Feast your peepers on this.

  • Keep your peepers peeled for our special interview with Max Barry, because it's gonna rock your footie pajamas right off!

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  • I'm not a pixel peeper, but it's pretty clear in the small image.

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  • Got my peepers on the party.

  • Point your peepers at that book.

  • Okay, peepers, look at the board.

  • As fine a body of men as ever I clapped me peepers on.

  • "Jeepers Creepers, where'd you get those peepers?"

  • He smiled, looked up at the fans on the balcony, and used his peepers to flirt with them.

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  • I spotted him hiding behind the tree with my peepers wide open.

Synonyms

mark 1 eyeball
vspeeper
  • Informal
9.6

A person's own sight used to check something without machines

is an informal name for the organ without stressing observation use

Compounds

1 9.0

A small North American tree frog that makes a very high, thin call near ponds in spring

pixel peeper
  • Jargon
8.9

A person who looks closely at images to find tiny flaws

Surface Forms

peeper singular
peepers plural

Morphology

peeper = peep (semi-transparent) = peep + er

Formed from 'peep' + '-er', but the slang meaning 'an eye' is metaphorical and not a direct agent or instrument, so learners may not infer it immediately.

Etymology

Peeper comes from the verb peep 'to look quickly' plus -er meaning 'one who does', so a 'peeper' is playfully the thing that looks; that's why people use it as a slang word for an eye.