A person who visits particular areas, especially in New England, to view the autumn foliage.
〈美，非正式〉赏叶人（尤指在新英格兰观赏秋叶的人）
Example sentencesExamples
It's not autumn until leaf peepers overmatch the bargain zombies in the outlet malls of Vermont.
The quest is for the perfect moment, the exact time and location when a leaf peeper will encounter the height of foliage color and experience foliage ecstasy.
It's the sight that draws millions of ' leaf peepers ' to the U.S. each October and November.
Whatever charges his batteries would surely charge mine, so we picked days after the tourists left but before the leaf peepers arrived.
And until November 2, leaf peepers can call a twenty-four-hour fall foliage hotline telling them exactly when and where to catch peak colors throughout the region.
Derivatives
leaf peeping
noun
US informal
Head gardener Andy Jesson's choreographed colour show brings American-style leaf-peeping to Britain.
Example sentencesExamples
But after that population swell passes, leaf-peeping and its related revenue could dwindle.
October is the resort's busiest month because of the many meetings scheduled there as well as the popular leaf-peeping in the area mountains.
If there's only leaf peeping to be had an hour north, then I am doomed in going south.
The city serves as the gateway to all of New England, from leaf peeping to hiking to skiing.
Definition of leaf peeper in US English:
leaf peeper
noun
US informal
A person who visits particular areas, especially in New England, to view the autumn foliage.
〈美，非正式〉赏叶人（尤指在新英格兰观赏秋叶的人）
Example sentencesExamples
And until November 2, leaf peepers can call a twenty-four-hour fall foliage hotline telling them exactly when and where to catch peak colors throughout the region.
It's not autumn until leaf peepers overmatch the bargain zombies in the outlet malls of Vermont.
The quest is for the perfect moment, the exact time and location when a leaf peeper will encounter the height of foliage color and experience foliage ecstasy.
It's the sight that draws millions of ' leaf peepers ' to the U.S. each October and November.
Whatever charges his batteries would surely charge mine, so we picked days after the tourists left but before the leaf peepers arrived.