Peek

Pronunciation

• enPR: pÄ“k, IPA: /piːk/Homophones: peak, peke, pique
• Rhymes: -iːk

Alternative forms

• peak, peke obsolete

Origin

From Middle English *peken, piken ("to peep"), probably a fusion of peep and keek.

Full definition of peek

Verb

1. To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
2. To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
• 2012, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Going Down: Oral Sex Stories (ISBN 1573447978):A pale strip of white skin peeked out from under his waistband.
• 2012, Michelle Monkou, If I Had You (ISBN 1459223284):Her brown skin peeked through the empty gap in her clothing.
3. (computing, transitive) To retrieve (a value) from a memory address.
• 2006, Gary Willoughby, PureBasic: A Beginner's Guide to Computer Programming (page 279)We are peeking the value from the first index's memory location.

Related terms

• sneak peek

Anagrams

• keep
• kepe
• Peke