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(games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!". examples
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(of clothing) With holes, slits or transparent fabric to reveal what is normally hidden. examples
(boxing) Being or using a style of boxing with the hands kept close to the face to defend it. examples
third-person singular simple present peekaboos, present participle peekabooing, simple past and past participle peekabooed
(intransitive) To peep out. quotations examples
A spike of white bone peekabooed through the flesh of his wrist and blood spurted.
2013, Stan Timmons, Ammon's Horn
“Mount Rainier has escaped the clouds.” I turned to the volcano peekabooing through the trees in the distance.
2013, Marianne Harden, Malicious Mischief
Boo (when showing oneself unexpectedly). examples