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. The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
6. The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
7. The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
8. A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.

Verb

1. To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
2. To exceed the maximum signal amplitude of (a piece of equipment), resulting in clipping of the signal.
3. To reach a highest degree or maximum.
4. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
5. To cause to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views (ellipsis of peak trans).

Adj

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

Verb

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

Verb

Misspelling of pique.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/piːk/

Etymology

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-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

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