peekaboo

Noun

peekaboo (uncountable)

1. A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".

   Synonyms:

   peepbo

Adjective

peekaboo (not comparable)

1. With holes, slits or transparent fabric to reveal what is normally hidden.
   • The model was wearing a peekaboo swimsuit.
2. Being or using a style of boxing with the hands kept close to the face to defend it.
   • peekaboo boxing
   • a peekaboo guard

Verb

peekaboo (third-person singular simple present peekaboos, present participle peekabooing, simple past and past participle peekabooed)

1. (intransitive) To peep out.
   • A spike of white bone peekabooed through the flesh of his wrist and blood spurted.2013, Stan Timmons, Ammon's Horn
   • “Mount Rainier has escaped the clouds.” I turned to the volcano peekabooing through the trees in the distance.2013, Marianne Harden, Malicious Mischief

Interjection

1. Boo (when showing oneself unexpectedly).
   • “The Sire is the oldest living vampire in the world.” “He's the vampire from which all other vampires have descended.” “All of them.” “Do not ever open this door.” “Peekaboo.” (growling)2021 September 2, Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil, “The Cloak of Duplication” (3:29 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 3, episode 2, spoken by Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch)

   Synonyms:

   peep bo, peep-bo, peepbo, peepo