peekaboo
IPA: pˈikʌbˈu
noun
- (games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".
verb
- (intransitive) To peep out.
adjective
- (of clothing) With holes, slits or transparent fabric to reveal what is normally hidden.
- (boxing) Being or using a style of boxing with the hands kept close to the face to defend it.
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Examples of "peekaboo" in Sentences
- The board, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (sometimes called peekaboo by accountants), is overseen by the
- For instance, posting a spoiler saying "peekaboo" isn't what this feature is intended to be for news, videos, and feature comments.
- The mugging and flight of Falstaff is flaccid: the scared fellow strolls around the corner from his attackers as if he's playing peekaboo.
- Right now she and Charlotte are playing a kind of peekaboo and she is cackling and only occasionally stopping to say "Ow, that hurts my tummy."
- Parents often become concerned when their toddler does not like to be held; does not seem interested in playing certain games, such as peekaboo; and does not begin to talk.
- Born three months early, her head the size of an orange, her feet as small as ballpark peanuts, she lies in an incubator at Rainbow, serenaded by the "peekaboo" trills of her parents, Mike and Jill.
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