peeps

See also: Peeps

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːps/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• 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

• peops

Noun

peeps pl (normally plural, singular person)

1. (slang) Alternative form of people; often especially (with personal pronoun) one's friends or associates. [from mid 20th c.]

   Not many peeps here tonight, innit?

   Hey my peeps, how are you doing?

   • 2001, Shaggy, Rayvon (lyrics and music), “Angel”, in Hot Shot‎^[1]:

     Girl, you're my angel, you're my darling angel.
     Closer than my peeps you are to me, baby.

   • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], 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

• IPA^(key): /piːps/

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

• big-peeps

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