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Peak
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- 1 At the greatest extent; maximum.
"peak oil, Peak TV"
- 2 Maximal, quintessential, archetypical, strictly with positive connotations; representing the culmination of its type. slang
"Knowing obscure 19th-century slang is peak nerd."
- 3 Bad. Multicultural-London-English
"When they're tryna get the girl to the crib and she leaves, it's peak / Tryna keep it discreet and she tweets, it's peak / See me rolling with 20 man deep, it's peak / Yo rudeboy, pull up, repeat, it's peak"
- 4 Unlucky; unfortunate. Multicultural-London-English
"You didn't get a spot? That's peak."
- 5 Very good or high-quality. Internet
"That movie last night was so peak."
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
"A less risky method is to lift your whisk or beater to check the condition of the peaks of the egg whites; the foam should be just stiff enough to stand up in well-defined, unwavering peaks."
- 2 Alternative form of peag (“wampum”). alt-of, alternative, uncountable
- 3 a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes wordnet
- 4 The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
"The stock market reached a peak in September 1929."
- 5 the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) wordnet
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- 6 The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
"They reached the peak after 8 hours of climbing."
- 7 the highest point (of something) wordnet
- 8 The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
"To the South we observed a large plain some ten miles wide, with snowy peaks rising on the farther side. In front was a hill projecting into the plain, on which stood a mani wall; and this latter discovery made me feel quite confident that I was on the high road to Lhassa."
- 9 the most extreme possible amount or value wordnet
- 10 visor (horizontal part of a cap sticking out in front and shading the wearer's eyes) UK
- 11 a V shape wordnet
- 12 The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
"peak-halyards"
- 13 the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development wordnet
- 14 The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
- 15 the period of greatest prosperity or productivity wordnet
- 16 The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
- 17 A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
- 18 Something of exceptional quality. Internet, uncountable
"There's so much peak on this website!"
- 1 To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular. transitive
- 2 To become sick or wan. intransitive
- 3 Misspelling of pique. alt-of, misspelling
- 4 to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity wordnet
- 5 To exceed the maximum signal amplitude of (a piece of equipment), resulting in clipping of the signal. transitive
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- 6 To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly. intransitive
"Dwindle, peak, and pine."
- 7 To reach a highest degree or maximum. intransitive
"Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay."
- 8 To pry; to peep slyly. intransitive
- 9 To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak. intransitive
"There peaketh up a mightie high mounte."
- 10 Ellipsis of peak trans. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"I came to this via sport but the thing that really peaked me was this."
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-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.
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.
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.
Unknown. Perhaps related to Etymology 1 above in the sense of "becoming pointed" through emaciation.
* As an English surname, from several placenames in England derived from the noun peak or its source. * Also as an English surname, shortened from Peacock. * As an Irish surname, shortened from McPeak.
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