peek

(Inglés)

Verb

1. (informal) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
2. (informal) To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
3. (dated, transitive) To retrieve (a value) from a memory address.

Noun

A quick glance or look.

Noun

Misspelling of pique.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/piːk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: *peken

In summary

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.

Conceptos

atisbar

mirar

divisar

echar un vistazo

mirada

mirar rápidamente

echar una ojeada

elegir

dar un vistazo

Sinónimos

peep

glance

glimpse

peer

look

glint

scan

spy

peek at

glance at

keek

peer at

access

look at the corner of the eye

shoot a glance at

behold

shoot a look at

copy

fetch

load

look at

observe

pry

see

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