peekaboo

¹peek·a·boo

noun \ˈpē-kə-ˌbü\

Definition of PEEKABOO

: a game for amusing a baby by repeatedly hiding one's face or body and popping back into view exclaiming “Peekaboo!”

Origin of PEEKABOO

¹peek + ¹boo

First Known Use: 1599

Rhymes with PEEKABOO

aperçu, avenue, babassu, baby blue, ballyhoo, barbecue, billet-doux, bird's-eye view, black-and-blue, buckaroo, bugaboo, callaloo, caribou, catechu, clerihew, cobalt blue, cockapoo, cockatoo, Cotonou, counterview, curlicue, déjà vu, derring-do, detinue, feverfew, follow-through, gardyloo, hitherto, honeydew, ingenue, interview, IOU, Irish stew, jabiru, Jiangsu, kangaroo, Kathmandu, kinkajou, loup-garou, Makalu, manitou, marabou, McAdoo, microbrew, midnight blue, Montague, Montesquieu, Mountain View, ormolu, overdo, overdue, overshoe, overstrew, overview, parvenu, parvenue, pas de deux, passe-partout, pay-per-view, PDQ, peacock blue, peer review, petting zoo, Pompidou, Port Salut, rendezvous, residue, retinue, revenue, Roh Tae Woo, seppuku, Shikoku, sneak preview, succès fou, switcheroo, talking-to, teleview, Telugu, thereunto, thirty-two, thitherto, Timbuktu, tinamou, twenty-two, view halloo, vindaloo, w, wallaroo, waterloo, well-to-do, what have you, whoop-de-do, witches' brew, Xanadu

²peekaboo

adjective

Definition of PEEKABOO

1

: trimmed with eyelet embroidery <a peekaboo blouse>

2

: made of a sheer or transparent fabric; also : revealing usually small areas of skin

3

: offering only limited display or disclosure especially of a teasing sort <peekaboo publicity>

First Known Use of PEEKABOO

1895