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Peek
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A quick glance or look. informal
- 2 Misspelling of pique. alt-of, informal, misspelling
- 3 Acronym of polyetheretherketone. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 4 a secret look wordnet
- 1 To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep. informal, intransitive
"Close your eyes, and no peeking!"
- 2 throw a glance at; take a brief look at wordnet
- 3 To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place. informal, intransitive
"A pale strip of white skin peeked out from under his waistband."
- 4 To briefly move out of cover (to gather visual information). informal, intransitive
"Sniper watching the site; don't peek."
- 5 To take a look at; to check out. informal, transitive
"Peek my new shoes."
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- 6 To retrieve (a value) from a memory address. dated, informal, transitive
"We are peeking the value from the first index's memory location."
Etymology
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. Perhaps also possibly a metathetic alteration of Middle English kepen, kipen, kypen (“to keep, look, observe, watch”).
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. Perhaps also possibly a metathetic alteration of Middle English kepen, kipen, kypen (“to keep, look, observe, watch”).
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