Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Peep \Peep\, n.
   1. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.

   2. First outlook or appearance.

            Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. --Gray.

   3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place
      of concealment.

            To take t' other peep at the stars.   --Swift.

   4. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper ({Trigna
          minutilla}).
      (b) The European meadow pipit ({Anthus pratensis}).

   {Peep show}, a small show, or object exhibited, which is
      viewed through an orifice or a magnifying glass.

   {Peep-o'-day boys}, the Irish insurgents of 1784; -- so
      called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at
      day break in search of arms. [Cant]