[peek-uh-boo] 
| 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!” |
| 2. | Clothing.
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| 3. | appearing briefly and then vanishing, or promising to appear but failing to do so: the fluctuating response of the stock market to a peekaboo economic recovery. |
| peek·a·boo (pēk'ə-bōō') n. A game for amusing a small child, in which one covers one's face or hides and then returns to view saying "Peekaboo!" adj.
[peek + boo1.] |
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