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# peekaboo

interjection (peekaboo!); noun (peekaboo — a game)

«peekaboo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Peekaboo is a game for babies where you hide your face and then show it, saying «Peekaboo!». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#m1)
2. Peekaboo is what you say when you show your face in that game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#m2)
3. A peekaboo piece of clothing has a small gap or hole that lets something show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life with babies and toddlers it is a first game that teaches that things still exist when hidden. In stories it signals a playful moment. Phrases: «play peekaboo».

### Examples

- My baby sister laughs when I play peekaboo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x1)
- «Peekaboo!» said Dad, peeping out from behind his hands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x2)
- The puppy played peekaboo behind the sofa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x3)
- Babies love peekaboo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x4)
- The sun played peekaboo with the clouds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x5)
- She wore a dress with a peekaboo back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x6)
- Grandma hid behind the door: «Peekaboo, I see you!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x7)
- We played peekaboo all afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x8)

### Note

Also spelled «peek-a-boo». UK also «peepo». «Peek» means look quickly — do not spell it «peak» (top of a mountain) or «pique».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «peekaboo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«peekaboo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/peekaboo.html) on Mova free.