Definitions for peekaboo

peekaboo peek·a·boo

Spelling: [peek-uh-boo]
IPA: /ˈpik əˌbu/

Peekaboo is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in peekaboo (abeekoop).

Definitions for peekaboo

noun

  1. Also called bo-peep. a game played by or with very young children, typically in which one covers the face or hides and then suddenly uncovers the face or reappears, calling “Peekaboo!”.

adjective

  1. Clothing. decorated with openwork. made of a sheer and revealing material, as some blouses for women.
  2. appearing briefly and then vanishing, or promising to appear but failing to do so:

Origin of peekaboo

1590-1600; peek + -a- connective + boo1

Examples for peekaboo

These images of schoolgirl skirts and peekaboo buttock outlines are just the most open, unapologetic manifestation of that.

If you wore a peekaboo waist she couldn't see through you any easier.

Word Value for peekaboo
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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