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to look at something quickly and secretly because you should not be looking at it

No peeking at your presents before your birthday! ►peek noun [ singular ]

You can take a quick peek.

peel 1/pil/

verb ( peels , peel • ing , peeled )

to take the outside part off a fruit or vegetable Can you peel the potatoes?

to come off in thin pieces The paint is peeling off the walls.

peel 2 / pil / noun [ noncount ]

the outside part of some fruit and vegetables orange peel potato peel

peep / pip / verb ( peeps , peep • ing , peeped )

to look at something quickly or secretly I peeped through the window and saw her.

peer1 / pir / noun [ count ]

a person who is the same age as you

peel

Teenagers worry about being accepted by their peers (= other teenagers ) .

peer 2 / pir / verb ( peers , peer ing , peered )

to look carefully at something because you cannot see well I peered outside, but I couldn't see anything because it was dark.

peg / peg / noun [ count ]

a small thing on a wall or door where you can hang things Your coat is hanging on the peg.

pel • vis/ ' pelvas /noun [count] (plural pel • vis • es)

( BIOLOGY ) the set of bones at the bottom of your back, which your leg bones are joined to

—Look at the picture at skeleton . pen © / pen/ noun [ count ]

a thing that you use for writing with a liquid (called ink )

a small piece of ground with a fence around it for keeping farm animals in

a pigpen

pe • nal • ize / ' pini-aiz / verb

( pe • nal • iz • es , pe • nal iz • ing , pe • nal • ized )

to punish someone for breaking a rule or law

He was penalized for touching the ball with his hands.

to cause someone to suffer a disadvantage The new tax unfairly penalizes single parents.

pen • al • ty / ' penlti / noun [ count ] ( plural pen • al • ties )

a punishment

The penalty for parking here is $200 (= you must pay $200 ) .

( SPORTS ) a punishment for one team and an advantage for the other team because a player has broken a rule

The referee called a penalty for an illegal pass.

реП .СИ Ф/ 'pensl/ noun [count, noncount ] an object that you use for writing or drawing. Pencils are made of wood and have a point that writes in gray or another color colored pencils I wrote the note in pencil.

—Look at the picture at stationery .

pen • e • trate / ' penatreit / verb ( pen • e trates , pen • e • trat • ing , pen • e • trat • ed )

to go through or into something

The knife penetrated deep into his chest.

pen • guin / ' peggwan / noun

[ count ]

a black and white bird that lives in very cold places. Penguins can swim, but they cannot fly.

pen • i • cil • lin / |pena 'silan / noun [ noncount ]

( HEALTH ) a type of drug that is used to stop infections and to treat illnesses

pen • in • su • la / pa 'ninsala / noun [ count ]

( GEOGRAPHY ) an area of land that has water on three sides the Florida peninsula

pe • nis / ' pinas / noun [ count ] ( plural pe . nis • es )

the part of a man's or a male animal's body that is used for getting rid of waste liquid and for having sex

pen • knife / pen|naif / noun [ count ] ( plural pen • knives / ' pe^narvz / ) a small knife that you can carry in your pocket

pen • ni • less / ' penilas /

having no money; poor

pen • ny / ' peni / noun [count] ( plural pen .nies )

a small brown coin that is worth one cent —Look at the picture at money .

pen pal / ' pen prel/ noun [ count ] a person that you make friends with by writing letters, but you have probably never met them

pen • sion / ' penfn / noun [ count ]

money that an old person (a person who is retired ) gets from the company where he or she used to work