peekaboo

(pēk'ə-bū')
n.
A game for amusing a small child, in which one covers one's face or hides and then returns to view saying "Peekaboo!"

adj.

1. Decorated with embroidered holes or eyelets.
2. Made of a sheer or transparent fabric.

[PEEK + BOO¹.]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say Boo!
  Synonym: bopeep

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - titteleg
adj. - vedrørende titteleg

Nederlands (Dutch)
kiekeboe, (van kapsel) een oog bedekkend, (van publiciteit) nieuwsgierig makend, doorkijk-

Français (French)
n. - coucou (excl)
adj. - transparent (un vêtement), à petits trous (un vêtement)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Guck-Guck-Spiel
adj. - mit Lochmuster

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κρυφτούλι, κρυφτό
adj. - (για ένδυμα) διαφανές ή με τρύπες
int. - "κούκου!", "τσα!"

Italiano (Italian)
diafano, cucù, sbirciatina

Português (Portuguese)
n. - esconde-esconde (m)
adj. - transparente, rendado
int. - Achou!

Русский (Russian)
просвечивающийся, ку-ку!

Español (Spanish)
n. - cucú (juego que consiste en esconderse y aparecer súbitamente frente a un bebé
adj. - transparente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tittut (lek)
adj. - genomskinlig
int. - tittut!

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
一种把脸一隐一现以逗小孩的游戏, 躲猫猫, 暴露性的, 显露部分的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一種把臉一隱一現以逗小孩的遊戲, 躲貓貓
adj. - 暴露性的, 顯露部分的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (숨어있다 갑자기 지르는 소리) 까꿍!
adj. - 까꿍 놀이의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ピーカブーの
n. - いないいないバー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لعبه تستخدم لتسليه الأطفال وإمتاعهم (صفه) (ملابس) نسائيه فاضحه (نداء) بيعينوا : لفظه عاميه تستخدم مع الأطفال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משחק "מחבואים" ("קו-קו") עם תינוקות, "דג מלוח" (משחק הצצה)‬
adj. - ‮מכסה עין אחת (תסרוקת), מחורר (בגד)‬

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