peek

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

👀

view

Translations

regarder

gözetlemek

gucken

atisbar

olhadela

espiada

regarder à la dérobée

nachsehen

regard

spähen

abschauen

espiar

olhar

ver

👀

gluren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/piːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *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.