Meaning of peeping tom | Babel Free
Definitions
A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other.
Equivalents
العربية
مُتَلَصِّص
Bosanski
smirak
فارسی
هیز
Hrvatski
smirak
Íslenska
gluggagægir
Italiano
guardone
Македонски
воајер
Polski
podglądacz
Српски
smirak
Türkçe
röntgenci
Examples
“Reynolds contended that the Chinese was a peeping tom whom he caught spying on his wife one night last March while she was toweling herself after a shower.”
“The girls complained about peeping Toms. There was a skylight window in the communal ladies' shower, and one night Jennie and a friend looked up while showering, to see two young male faces staring at them from above.”
“"They claim that the security is good at UM, but we had five break-ins into student dorms and numerous reports of peeping Toms in the women's dorm bathrooms."”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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