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peephole

Syllables: peep·holeUK/ˈpiːphəʊl//ˈpiːphoʊl/

peephole noun: a small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.

peephole: a small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without...
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Noun

peephole (plural peepholes)

  1. A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.
    • It’s a conjurer’s den. — I shouldn’t be surprised if cabby’s old gent is staring at us all the while from some peephole of his own.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle
    Synonyms:
    spyhole, peekhole, doorhole, door viewer

peephole meaning in Malayalam, Punjabi, Arabic and Persian

peephole in Malayalam

cleft, opening, gap
ഒളിഞ്ഞുനോക്കാൻ പറ്റിയ സുഷിരം, ഇട, പഴുത്, തുറപ്പ്, തുറസ്സ്, വിടവ്

peephole in Punjabi

peephole
ਝਰੋਖਾ jharokhā

peephole in Arabic

hole
مَنْوَر manwar, كُوَّة kuwwa, وَصْوَص waṣwaṣ, ثَقْبُ ٱلْبَاب ṯaqbu l-bāb, عَيْن سِحْرِيَّة ʕayn siḥriyya

peephole in Persian

hole
چشمی češmi
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peephole in Thai
ตาแมว dtaa-mɛɛo

Synonyms of peephole

Forms of peephole

pluralpeepholes

Origin of peephole

From peep + hole.

Words formed from peephole

Phrases with peephole

Questions about peephole

What does peephole mean?
Peephole means a small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.
What is peephole in Malayalam?
Peephole in Malayalam is ഒളിഞ്ഞുനോക്കാൻ പറ്റിയ സുഷിരം, ഇട, പഴുത്. See Peephole meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is peephole?
Peephole is a noun.
How do you pronounce peephole?
Peephole is pronounced /ˈpiːphəʊl/ (UK).
What is the plural of peephole?
The plural of peephole is peepholes.

Words near peephole in the dictionary

  1. peeper
  2. peepers
  3. peepes
  4. peepest
  5. peepeth
  6. peephole
  7. peephole optimization
  8. peephole optimizations
  9. peepholed
  10. peepholer
  11. peepholers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: peephole (page history and authors); peephole (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ਝਰੋਖਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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