Peep

n.
  1. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.
  2. First outlook or appearance.
  3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment.
    1. Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla).
    2. The European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
    Peep show ,
    a small show, or object exhibited, which is viewed through an orifice or a magnifying glass.
    Peep-o'-day boys ,
    the Irish insurgents of 1784; -- so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms.