peek

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: pēk, IPA(key): /piːk/ Homophones: peak, peke, pique Rhymes: -iːk === Alternative forms === peak, peke (obsolete) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English *peken, piken, pyken (“to peep”), probably a fusion of Middle English pepen (“to peep”) and keken, kiken (“to keek, look, spy”), equivalent to a blend of peep +‎ keek. Perhaps also possibly a metathetic alteration of Middle English kepen, kipen, kypen (“to keep, look, observe, watch”). ==== Verb ==== peek (third-person singular simple present peeks, present participle peeking, simple past and past participle peeked) (informal) (intransitive) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep. To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place. (video games, especially first-person shooters) To briefly move out of cover (to gather visual information). (transitive) To take a look at; to check out. (computing, dated) To retrieve (a value) from a memory address. Coordinate term: poke ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== peek (plural peeks) A quick glance or look. ===== Derived terms ===== peek wallet sneak peek === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== peek Misspelling of pique. === Anagrams === Ekpe, Keep, Peke, keep, kepe, peke == Basque == === Noun === peek ergative plural of pe == Hlai == === Etymology === From Proto-Hlai *pʰaːk (“high”), from Pre-Hlai *paːk (Norquest, 2015). === Pronunciation === (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA(key): /pʰeːk˥/ === Adjective === peek high