peeps

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piːps/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːps

Etymology 1

peep

Noun

peeps

  1. plural of peep

Verb

peeps

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of peep

Etymology 2

Shortened from people, with simplified spelling, + -s to emphasize the plurality of the word.

Alternative forms

Noun

peeps pl (normally plural, singular person)

  1. (slang) Alternative form of people; often especially (with personal pronoun) one's friends or associates.
    Not many peeps here tonight, innit?
    Hey my peeps, how are you doing?
    • 2001, Shaggy, Rayvon (lyrics and music), “Angel”, in Hot Shot‎:
      Girl, you're my angel, you're my darling angel.
      Closer than my peeps you are to me, baby.
    • 2006, Noire , Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 108:
      I was a hard niggah, but not twisted enough to eat and socialize with my peeps knowing I was planning on robbing them before the night was over.

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Etymology

From Middle English pipe, from Old English pīpe, from Proto-West Germanic *pīpā.

Pronunciation

Noun

peeps

  1. pipes
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 20:
      An a cat at a big-peeps an a taal o hays coat.
      And the cat ate his bag-pipes and the tail of his coat.

Derived terms

References

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133
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