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peeping toms

peeping toms is the plural of peeping tom.

Meaning of peeping tom

Noun

peeping tom (plural peeping toms)

  1. 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.
    • 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.1957 June 3, “A Question of Justice”, in Time
    Synonyms:
    peeper, voyeur

Questions about peeping toms

What is peeping toms the plural of?
Peeping toms is the plural of peeping tom.

Words near peeping toms in the dictionary

  1. peeping pixels
  2. peeping Thomasina
  3. peeping Thomasinas
  4. peeping tom
  5. peeping tomism
  6. peeping toms
  7. peepings
  8. peepless
  9. peepo
  10. peepot
  11. peepots

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