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peek

UK/piːk/ US/ˈpik/ fairly common informal
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

a secret look

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verb

1.

throw a glance at; take a brief look at

  • “She only glanced at the paper”
  • “I only peeked--I didn”
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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • screen peek

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