Peekable

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being peeked at or into. informal

    "Her fourteen dollhouses range in sophistication from a child-made primitive (1887) to an electrified manse set on a low table and peekable from all sides."

  2. 2
    Of a stream or other sequence: from which the next value can be retrieved without advancing the pointer from its current position.

    "Peekable streams also have an internal record of their current position and can look ahead in the stream for information."

Example

More examples

"Her fourteen dollhouses range in sophistication from a child-made primitive (1887) to an electrified manse set on a low table and peekable from all sides."

Etymology

From peek + -able.

More for "peekable"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.