different between revealing vs peekaboo

English

Etymology

From Middle English reveling; equivalent to reveal +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???vi?l??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??
• Hyphenation: re?veal?ing

Adjective

revealing (comparative more revealing, superlative most revealing)

1. Informative.

   a revealing analysis

2. Of clothing: allowing more than is usual to be seen.

   Her shirt is rather revealing.

Translations

Verb

revealing

1. present participle of reveal

Noun

revealing (plural revealings)

1. Something revealed; a revelation.
   • 1836, William Tait, Mrs. Christian Isobel Johnstone, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 3, page 113)

     In these letters, and the remembered conversations, we have fuller revealings of the inner man, greater depth of discovery into that vast and labyrinthine mind […]

Anagrams

• Graveline, laveering

English

Alternative forms

• peek-a-boo

Etymology

From peek +? -a- +? boo.

Noun

peekaboo (uncountable)

1. (games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".

Translations

Adjective

peekaboo (not comparable)

1. (of clothing) with holes, slits or transparent fabric to reveal what is normally hidden.

   The model was wearing a peekaboo swimsuit.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

peekaboo (third-person singular simple present peekaboos, present participle peekabooing, simple past and past participle peekabooed)

1. (intransitive) To peep out.
   • 2013, Stan Timmons, Ammon's Horn

     A spike of white bone peekabooed through the flesh of his wrist and blood spurted.

Interjection

peekaboo

1. boo (when showing oneself unexpectedly)

   Synonym: peepo