peak

Meaning

Noun

1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
2. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
3. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
4. The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
5. (UK) visor (horizontal part of a cap sticking out in front and shading the wearer's eyes)
6. The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
7. The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
8. The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
9. A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
10. (Internet, uncountable) Something of exceptional quality.

Verb

1. (transitive) To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
2. (transitive) To exceed the maximum signal amplitude of (a piece of equipment), resulting in clipping of the signal.
3. (intransitive) To reach a highest degree or maximum.
4. (intransitive) To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of peak trans.

Adj

1. At the greatest extent; maximum.
2. (slang) Maximal, quintessential, archetypical, strictly with positive connotations; representing the culmination of its type.
3. (Multicultural-London-English) Bad.
4. (Multicultural-London-English) Unlucky; unfortunate.
5. (Internet) Very good or high-quality.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become sick or wan.
2. (intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
3. (intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.

Verb

Misspelling of pique.

Synonyms

top

🔝

summit

tip

apex

climax

pinnacle

acme

point

zenith

crest

vertex

maximum

culmination

highest point

height

end

🔚

prime

visor

tiptop

ridge

crown

👑

eyeshade

heyday

head

mountain peak

hill

vizor

highlight

highest

culminate

superlative

flower

🌸

pike

meridian

mountain

⛰️

limit

top out

elevation

brow

efflorescence

cusp

blossom

🌼

headland

bloom

prong

bill

flush

spike

high point

nose

👃

Translations

sommet

cima

🔝

Gipfel

cima

🔝

Spitze

cime

pico

pico

cim

pointe

cumbre

picco

top

🔝

crête

culmine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/piːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pek

Inherited from Old English: pīc

Cognate with Dutch: piek

Cognate with Danish: pik

Cognate with Swedish: pik

Cognate with Norwegian: pik

In summary

From earlier peake, peek, peke, from Middle English pek (in place names), itself an alteration of pike, pyke, pyk (“a sharp point, pike”), from Old English pīc, piic (“a pike, needle, pin, peak, pinnacle”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz (“peak”).
Cognate with Dutch piek (“pike, point, summit, peak”), Danish pik (“pike, peak”), Swedish pik (“pike, lance, point, peak”), Norwegian pik (“peak, summit”). More at pike.

Sentences

After six weeks , the song reached a peak of number two on the chart .

Applications include power generation for combined cycle or peak power .

Trips peak Friday evenings for medallion cabs , and Saturday night for Green Taxis .