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Meaning of BOPEEP

Pronunciation:  bowp'eep

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say Boo!
 
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 Synonyms: peekaboo
 
 See Also: child's game

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bo*peep"\, n. [Bo + peep.]
The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so
as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of
looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened.
      I for sorrow sung, That such a king should play bopeep,
      And go the fools among.                  --Shak.
 
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