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Eeped vs Peeped - What's the difference?

eeped | peeped |

As verbs the difference between eeped and peeped

is that eeped is past tense of eep while peeped is past tense of peep.

eeped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (eep)

    • Anagrams

    *

    eep

    English

    (wikipedia eep)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (onomatopoeia) An expression of surprise or dismay.
  • * 1993 , Bart's Inner Child [http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F05.html]
    • Hot-dog vendor: “Get him!”
    Bart: “Eep .”
  • * 2000, , Ready, Okay!
    • Then she ripped the door off its hinges and bent the flimsy metal in half between her hands.
    “Eep ,” I said.
  • * 2000, John Palisano, Journey Through Time [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0738826049&id=1LFb_NU01VgC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=%22eep+*+said%22&sig=UC6HjuFNxoIPrw7f1drNJwIercc]
    • On the opposite side a bottle crashed. Shards twinkle screamed in a circle around her head. “Eep ,” she said, breathed, and nearly screamed.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short scream or yelp.
  • * 1853 , Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, and John Holmes Agnew (eds.), , page 460,
    • "Then the peepers begin on a high key, with a singularly sweet and lucid voice, somewhere betwixt a silver-whistle and a glass-bell, smacking little of the mid: 'Eep!-eep-eep-eep! ee ee-ee! eepee! eepee-peepee! peep-eep! eepepee! eepepee! eepepee!' accompanied by a few trills long continued..."
  • * 1962', Jet Screamer, '''', "' Eep opp ork ah ah! And that means 'I love you'!" (but, according to Elroy Jetson in the episode "A Date with Jet Screamer", he says Judy Jetson wrote it for him, "eep opp ork ah-ah" means "meet me tonight")[http://www.tvacres.com/music_songs_jetsons.htm] (Note: this reference is incorrect.)
  • * 2002, Randy Peyser, Crappy to Happy [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN1590030257&id=-cGTbRvPCJEC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=%22+eeping%22&sig=ragYUChNWh5WdjH52ItIbJjYD3o]
    • She encouraged them to express their teeny-tiniest selves with an “eep .”

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To vocalise a short scream or yelp; to produce an eep.
  • * 2002, Randy Peyser, Crappy to Happy [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN1590030257&id=-cGTbRvPCJEC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=%22+eeping%22&sig=ragYUChNWh5WdjH52ItIbJjYD3o]
    • Now there are fulfilled women happily “eeping ” all over the Bay Area. I swear to you this is true.
  • * 2002, Chris Crutcher, “The Other Pin,” in Athletic Shorts [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0060507837&id=BhSYywd2SqMC&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=%22he+eeps%22&sig=Lp5m2rWEorvsRu5gjHTu4R1bfV4]
    • Petey’s voice rises to that preadolescent pitch it always hits when he feels his life spinning out of control. “Dues are what Boy Scouts pay,” he eeps.
  • * 2003, John Treadwell Nichols, The Voice of the Butterfly [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0811839907&id=OdDs928s-PwC&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dq=%22she+eeped%22&sig=mtJl10KCTmZxASjLdTwzUg_V3a0]
    • Before I could answer, a tiny green krait dropped out of Tristan’s nostril and slithered swiftly toward Susan’s sandaled feet: She eeped , dropped my arm, and fled for her life.

    Anagrams

    *

    peeped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (peep)

    • peep

    English

    Etymology 1

    Onomatopoeic, from (etyl) pepen

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A quiet sound, particularly one from a baby bird.
  • A feeble utterance or complaint.
    • I don't want to hear a peep out of you !
  • The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.
    • 2001 , , Thomas the tank engine collection : a unique collection of stories from the railway series - p. 177 - Egmont Books, Limited, Aug 15, 2001
    "Peep', ' peep ," said Edward, "I'm ready."
    "Peep', '''peep''', ' peep ," said Henry, "so am I."
  • A kind of bird; a sandpiper.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
  • To speak briefly with a quiet voice.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To look, especially while trying not to be seen or noticed.
  • :
  • *
  • *:And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
    • , passage=But Richmond
  • To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.
  • *(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • *:When flowers first peeped , and trees did blossoms bear.
    • Hypernyms
    * glance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1907 , title=(The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses) , author=Robert W. Service , chapter=(The Cremation of Sam McGee) , passage=I was sick with dread, but I bravely said: "I'll just take a peep inside. / I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked";. . . then the door I opened wide.}}

    Derived terms

    * bo-peep * by-peep * peeper, peepers * peep pixels * peep show * peeping tom * pixel peeper

    Etymology 3

    Of uncertain origin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A spot on a die or domino.
    • Synonyms
    * (spot on die or domino) pip

    Etymology 4

    , a shortened form of people.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, slang) person.
    • English onomatopoeias English palindromes