Dictionary entry

Bopeep

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bo‐peep″ (�), n. [Bo + peep.] The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened.

I for sorrow sung,

That such a king should play bopeep,

And go the fools among.

Shak.