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Meaning of "Peeping Tom" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PEEPING TOM

After the tailor who, according to legend, peeped at Lady Godiva when she rode naked through Coventry.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PEEPING TOM

Peeping Tom play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEEPING TOM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peeping Tom is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PEEPING TOM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Peeping Tom

Lady Godiva

Godiva , known as Lady Godiva, was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to a legend dating back at least to the 13th century, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants. The name "Peeping Tom" for a voyeur originates from later versions of this legend in which a man named Tom had watched her ride and was struck blind or dead.

Definition of Peeping Tom in the English dictionary

The definition of Peeping Tom in the dictionary is a man who furtively observes women undressing; voyeur.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEEPING TOM

Peele
peeler
peelgarlic
peelie-wallie
peelie-wally
peeling
peelings
Peelite

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEEPING TOM

atom
bathroom
bedroom
bottom
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custom
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freedom
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random
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tom
Uncle Tom
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Synonyms and antonyms of Peeping Tom in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Peeping Tom» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEEPING TOM

Find out the translation of Peeping Tom to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Peeping Tom from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Peeping Tom» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

偷窥狂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Peeping Tom
570 millions of speakers

English

Peeping Tom
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झांक टॉम
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مختلس النظر توم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Любопытный Том
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Peeping Tom
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিম্পিং টম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Peeping Tom
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peeping Tom
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spanner
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

盗撮トム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

훔쳐보기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peeping Tom
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Peeping Tom
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டாம் வைத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिंगिंग टॉम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

röntgenci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

guardone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Podglądacz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

цікавий Том
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

peeping Tom
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

peeping Tom
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

loer Tom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Peeping Tom
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

peeping Tom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Peeping Tom

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEEPING TOM»

The term «Peeping Tom» is regularly used and occupies the 66.960 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PEEPING TOM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Peeping Tom» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Peeping Tom» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Peeping Tom

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEEPING TOM»

Discover the use of Peeping Tom in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Peeping Tom and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Peeping Tom
Howard Jacobson. might even have made a bit of a name for myself. Look at Thomas Hardy. He was twice my age and had titled ladies making a fuss of him when he stripped Paula Power down to her pink tights and doublet and swung her ...
Howard Jacobson, 2011
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Peeping Tom
Shelley Munro. women knew their place. They fitted into the town's social hierarchy. She didn't belong anywhere and was busy searching for a place to call home but no one wanted her. Tomasine had to fight to halt a scowl. Bernard's fault, but ...
Shelley Munro, 2006
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Peeping Tom's Cabin: Comic Verse, 1928-2008
Comic Verse, 1928-2008 X. J. Kennedy. BOA EDITIONS LIMITED PEEPING TOM'S CABIN This E1XU-U6X-BU58 PEEPING TOM'S CABIN COMIC VERSE 192.8-2-008 BY X. J. KENNEDY.
X. J. Kennedy, 2007
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The Acoustic Mirror: The Female Voice in Psychoanalysis and ...
In the concluding moments of Peeping Tom, Mark acknowledges the splits and losses that have structured his subjectivity and directs against himself the whole battery of weapons he has until then reserved for his female victims — camera, ...
Kaja Silverman, 1988
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Shocking Representation: Historical Trauma, National Cinema, ...
"DIRECT EMOTIONAL REALISM": THE PEOPLE'S WAR, CLASSLESSNESS, AND MICHAEL POWELL'S PEEPING TOM 1. Isabel Quigly, "The Small Savages, " The Spectator (February 5, i960): 179-82; 182. 2. Isabel Quigly, "Filthy Pictures,"  ...
Adam Lowenstein, 2013
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Horror Film: Creating and Marketing Fear
Trashed at its first release by critics, and ignored by film professionals, it was only in the decades to come that the influence of Peeping Tom on film studies began to show itself.23 The relationship between Mulvey and this film is most explicitly ...
Steffen Hantke, 2004
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Privacy at Risk: The New Government Surveillance and the ...
For instance, in Louisiana a peeping tom is defined as “one who peeps through windows or doors, or other like places, situated on or about the premises of another for the purpose of spying upon or invading the privacy of persons spied upon ...
Christopher Slobogin, 2008
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Curiosity: A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry
The figure of Peeping Tom remained powerful in English culture throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: the bookseller John Newbery mentions him in his travel diary from the 1740s (see Austin Dobson's Eighteenth-Century ...
Barbara M. Benedict, 2002
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Framing Consciousness in Art: Transcultural Perspectives
Consciousness of the Other's gaze reveals the peeping Tom to himself as an alienation of himself, for he is also conscious of being more than the Other's image of him. This alienation is not the only split that occurs. The peeping Tom is aware ...
Gregory Minissale, 2009
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James Joyce, Sexuality and Social Purity
What the Girls Did with Willie's Hat (1897) and any one of several 'Peeping Tom' films, including Peeping Tom (1901) by George W. Smith, the maker of other popular sex films including the 1899 A Kiss in the Tunnel and the 1900 Things Seen ...
Katherine Mullin, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEEPING TOM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Peeping Tom is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sheriff's Office: 'Peeping tom' in Meijer bathrooms ID'd
(WOOD) — A 16-year-old may face charges after alleged “peeping tom-type incidents” in Meijer bathrooms, the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office ... «WOODTV.com, Jul 15»
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Police Report Peeping Tom Incident in Kingstowne Area
Fairfax County Police say that a Peeping Tom incident took place in the Kingstowne area Thursday. The incident took place in the 6200 block of ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
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Police: Valpo couple report peeping tom
A female at the residence on the 400 block of Sturdy Road told police she was walking her dog outside the apartment when she saw a white ... «nwitimes.com, Jul 15»
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Sirens: Resident Reports Peeping Tom; Gunshots Reported in …
... • At 8:42 a.m. on Tuesday, police received a report of a person in an old Chevrolet pickup driving erratically on South Market Boulevard in ... «The Chronicle, Jul 15»
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Be on The Lookout For This Hollywood Peeping Tom
An assistant director who has worked on a number of major Hollywood movies is under investigation for allegedly secretly recording dozens of ... «FOX 11 Los Angeles, Jul 15»
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Michigan City residents warn of possible peeping Tom in …
MICHIGAN CITY | A possible peeping Tom or home invader is on the loose in one Michigan City area neighborhood. Rebecca Lynn is hoping ... «nwitimes.com, Jul 15»
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Man indicted for peeping Tom, stalking
Robert Lee Brown II, 32, of 56 Charlie Walls Road, was arrested June 9 by the Dalton Police Department and charged with peeping Tom, ... «The Daily Citizen, Jul 15»
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Stunning black and white photographs taken by 1940s New York …
He himself referred to it as 'stealth photography,' comparing the lens of his camera to a 'peeping tom.' He also said that he made no point to be ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Cold Case Files: Did a Peeping Tom murder Nina Nicholson?
Cold Case Files: Did a Peeping Tom murder Nina Nicholson? by: Mark Buttler; From: Herald Sun; July 21, 2015 12:00PM. Increase Text Size · Decrease Text ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
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3 years in prison for 'peeping Tom'
Alejandro Jose Oliver-Munoz, 22, is a repeat offender and has referred to himself as a "peeping Tom" when contacted by police in a prior ... «Appeal-Democrat, Jul 15»

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