Usually means: Playful hiding game for babies.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word peekaboo:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. peekaboo: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. peekaboo: Merriam-Webster
  3. peekaboo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. peekaboo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. peekaboo: Collins English Dictionary
  6. peekaboo: Vocabulary.com
  7. Peekaboo, peekaboo: Wordnik
  8. peekaboo: Wiktionary
  9. peekaboo: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. peekaboo: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. peekaboo: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Peekaboo, peekaboo: Dictionary.com
  13. peekaboo: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Peekaboo (Breaking Bad), Peekaboo (disambiguation), Peekaboo (film), Peekaboo (musician), Peekaboo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Peekaboo: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. peekaboo: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. peekaboo: Rhymezone
  18. Peekaboo: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. peekaboo: FreeDictionary.org
  20. peekaboo: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. peekaboo: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. peekaboo: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".
adjective:  (of clothing) With holes, slits or transparent fabric to reveal what is normally hidden.
adjective:  (boxing) Being or using a style of boxing with the hands kept close to the face to defend it.
verb:  (intransitive) To peep out.

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