To betray associates; to give information to the police.

- american underworld dictionary - 1950

a sugar covered marshmallow delight. they are often in the shapes of chicks or bunnies and they are usually yellow, pink, or blue. chick and bunny peeps are found almost exclusively near easter time (but they're the best). these suckers will also blow up in the microwave after a couple of seconds on high heat.

for a peep fight:

1. find a friend (a family member might also work).
2. choose your peeps.
3. put the two peeps on a plate about an inch apart.
4. place the plate into the microwave and set for 30 seconds.
5. hit the start button for an awesome match.
6. enjoy.

the peep who falls first is the loser. once you have won, you may devour both the winner and loser for competing. mmm... peeps.

Mmm, Peeps. Nothing says springtime like a gooey, marshmallowey Peep.

As swifticus mentions above, Peeps are a marshmallow treat usually marketed around Easter time, commonly in the shape of a bunny or little chick, and you can do several interesting things with them aside from eat them headfirst. Here are some other fun facts you might like to know about Peeps.

• Peeps are manufactured by Just Born, Inc., a confectioner in Bethlehem, PA that also makes Hot Tamales and Mike and Ike candies. Next time you bite the head off of one of those yellow marshmallow chicks, remember it was made by a company called "Just Born." Mmm.
• Peeps actually have their own website, http://www.marshmallowpeeps.com! There is a fan club, recipes, and historical information about Peeps. The Just Born company got its name long before the first Peep was spooted out -- it was begun by Russian emigrant Samuel Born in 1923 as a Brooklyn storefront. The first Peeps were made in the 1950s, after Just Born acquired another candy company that specialized in marshmallow treats.
• Peeps will turn rock-hard after only a few months sitting out in the open. A coworker of mine is a long-time Peeps fan. He has left a pink Peep sitting on his office windowsill for several years now, and it is completely resistant to elastic deformation. It also has enough shear strength to support several heavy books without crumbling.
• Pink Peeps elicit dominance displays in certain reptiles. The aforementioned windowsill-inhabiting Peep consistently attracts the attention of anole lizards outside the window, who come by to turn a vivid green and perform their pushups to impress the intruder with their machismo.

Here are just a few actual Fun Facts taken from the Peeps website:

• Strange things people like to do with Marshmallow Peeps: eat them stale, microwave them, freeze them, roast them, and use them as a pizza topping.
• Each Peep has 32 calories (160 calories per five-chick serving) and 0 fat grams.
• In 1953, it took 27 hours to create one Marshmallow Peep. Today, it takes six minutes.

Peep (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peeped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Peeping.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. pipen, F. piper, p'epier, L. pipire, pipare, pipiare, D. & G. piepen. Senses 2 and 3 perhaps come from a transfer of sense from the sound which chickens make upon the first breaking of the shell to the act accompanying it; or perhaps from the influence of peek, or peak. Cf. Pipe.]

1.

To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.

There was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. Is. x. 14.

2.

To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.

When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear. Dryden.

3.

To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry.

eep through the blanket of the dark. Shak.

From her cabined loophole peep. Milton.

Peep sight, an adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech.

 

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Peep (?), n.

1.

The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.

2.

First outlook or appearance.

Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. Gray.

3.

A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment.

To take t' other peep at the stars. Swift.

4. Zool. (a)

Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla).

(b)

The European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).

Peep show, a small show, or object exhibited, which is viewed through an orifice or a magnifying glass. -- Peep-o'-day boys, the Irish insurgents of 1784; -- so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms. [Cant]

 

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