Peep vs Peer vs Glimpse - English In A Minute

Take a glimpse at this episode of EIAM, where Saskia will explain the differences between ‘peep’, ‘peer’ and ‘glimpse’.

Which is the most suitable verb to complete this sentence?

Someone on the bus kept _____ at Sarah – when she looked in the mirror, she realised she had some food stuck between her teeth.

A) peering B) peeping C) glimpsing

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[TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

I have never heard To peer. That’s great to know. Thank you for the lesson ❤️

[bbclearningenglish]

The correct answer is A – peering.
‘Peer’ means to look at something for a long time with intent. So the person on the bus was looking intently at the stuff in Sarah’s teeth.

[discourseone]

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[JoseJuanHerreriasdelPino]

Thank you. These verbs are always really tricky.

[valeriiadonets]

She has such a magic voice😍 can’t stop listening to it

[maximpolyansky]

I peered 5-minute English very carefully. Many thanks from Russia !

[TheGudsProduction]

Neil peeped at the Dan's answers when they were in Maths exam.

I will be peering at the thesis proposal trying to make it clear and good.

I was peering at the whiteboard in the distance when I was in Data Mining class.

I glimpsed a beautiful girl when I was in a conference.

I caught a glimpse of Feifei as she left the academic administration office.

[Khan-ybte]

These short videos are really
insightful and filled with great content, thank you

[carlosarturoguerrerosegura]

Short but substantial. Greetings from Bogotá.

[idrink]

I'm just speechless. That is so useful and easy.

[orianasoler]

Great lesson 🤓❤️ love from Argentina 🇦🇷

[Francesco_P]

Please do more video with this kind of high quality vocabulary.

[TheThirdEYE]

Thank you BBC for such type of wonderful content 🥰🥰🥰

[토깽이-oh]

Thank you for this summary~ It helped a lot!

[mar-wvrp]

I'm gonna use these words from now on! Thanks for the video and that stunning delivery <3

[conorlee]

I didn't know peer can also be used as a verb!! When peer is used as a noun it refers to people around you, especially when in a context of school. (I hope I recall it correctly) I peered at the video trying to learn three words about seeing. 😆

[bellabelle]

Aha thanks for enriching my vocab bbc 😊

[natachachaffotte]

Thanks for the posting... I didn't know these words and there using...

[ЛёликМосква]

I often saw these verbs in XlXth's century literature. Nowadays people say "to look" more often.

[soniamahey]

1.He peeped us through the window when we were making plan to go outside.
2.You should wear your specs before looking at the clock because you can face peering to look at clock.
3.I glimpsed her face through the window.
Are these sentences correct?