Meaning of bo-peep | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle someone (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any whistling frog.
   countable
3. Sleep.
   Cockney, slang, uncountable

Examples

“That such a king should play⟳ bo-peep, / And go the fools among.”

“1881, Geneva Gazette - Jul 8, 1881, page 2, "Official Paper Of The Village" They have⟳ not employed spies, nor been voluntary or involuntary witnesses of misdeeds or played "bopeep" through key-holes or from step-ladders through transom windows, upon the privacy of their political adversaries.”

“Well, come⟳ on, boys. You've got to push⟳ off now. I'm going to read⟳ me linen and then get⟳ some Bo-Peep.”

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