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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
peep
Noun
peeps
- plural of peep
Verb
peeps
- third-person singular simple present indicative of peep
Etymology 2
Shortened from people, with simplified spelling, + -s to emphasize the plurality of the word.
Noun
peeps pl (normally plural, singular person)
- (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.
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English pipe, from Old English pīpe, from Proto-West Germanic *pīpā.
Pronunciation
Noun
peeps
- 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