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wink-a-peep

wink-a-peep noun: an eye.

Noun

wink-a-peep (plural wink-a-peeps)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) An eye.
  2. A plant, the scarlet pimpernel.
    • I know where king-cups grow
      And wink-a-peeps that sleep when days are dark.1905, Edwin Davies Schoonmaker, The Saxons: A Drama of Christianity in the North

Forms of wink-a-peep

pluralwink-a-peeps

Questions about wink-a-peep

What does wink-a-peep mean?
Wink-a-peep means an eye.
What part of speech is wink-a-peep?
Wink-a-peep is a noun.
What is the plural of wink-a-peep?
The plural of wink-a-peep is wink-a-peeps.

Words near wink-a-peep in the dictionary

  1. wink
  2. wink at
  3. wink murder
  4. wink out
  5. wink wink nudge nudge
  6. wink-a-peep
  7. wink-a-peeps
  8. wink-wink
  9. wink-winked
  10. wink-winking
  11. wink-winks

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