bo-peeps

Noun

bo-peep (countable and uncountable, plural bo-peeps)

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.
   • That such a king should play bo-peep, / And go the fools among.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

   Synonyms:

   peek-a-boo, peep bo

2. (countable, British Virgin Islands) Any whistling frog.
3. (Cockney, slang, uncountable) Sleep.
   • Well, come on, boys. You've got to push off now. I'm going to read me linen and then get some Bo-Peep.1976, Ron Barnes, Coronation Cups and Jam Jars, page 164

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