peek
A quick glance or lookA quick glance or look.
» Tom couldn't resist peeking through the keyhole.
Tom konnte der Versuchung nicht widerstehen, durchs Schlüsselloch zu linsen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Том не мог удержаться от соблазна подсмотреть в замочную скважину. — odexed
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1 senses(informal)A quick glance or look.
a secret look
Examples
144 sentencesTom couldn't resist peeking through the keyhole.
ruТом не мог удержаться от соблазна подсмотреть в замочную скважину. — odexed
deTom konnte der Versuchung nicht widerstehen, durchs Schlüsselloch zu linsen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom peeked through the hole in the wall.
ruТом заглянул через дыру в стене. — fjay69
Tom peeked inside to see what was happening.
You can see the sun peeking through the clouds.
ruСквозь облака проглядывает солнце. — fjay69
Tom peeked into the kitchen through the screen door.
Origin
From Middle English *peken, piken, pyken (“to peep”), probably a fusion of Middle EnglishFrom 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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Forms
plural: peeksSynonyms
1 synonyms- a secret look:peep
Word family
2 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- peeked inside
- peeked through the
- peeked through
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.