Keek

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /kiːk/

Origin

From Middle English kyken, kiken, keken ("to look, peep"), possibly from Middle Dutch kieken or Middle Low German kīken ("to look, peep"), from Old Saxon *kīkan ("to look"), from Proto-Germanic *kīkaną ("to look"). Cognate with Dutch kijken ("to look"), Low German kīken ("to look"), German kucken, gucken ("to look"), Danish kigge, kikke ("to look, peep"), Swedish kika ("to peep, peek, keek, pry"), Icelandic kikja ("to look, check"). Perhaps related to kick.

The words peek, keek and peep were used more or less synonymously in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Full definition of keek

Verb

1. To peek; peep.The man keeked over the fence.

Noun

1. A look, especially a quick one; a peek.

Related terms

• look
• peek
• peep