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”).
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”).
Meanings
(informal, intransitive) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
Close your eyes, and no peeking!
(informal, intransitive) To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
Her brown skin peeked through the empty gap in her clothing. 2012, Michelle Monkou, If I Had You, →ISBN:
A pale strip of white skin peeked out from under his waistband. 2012, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Going Down: Oral Sex Stories, →ISBN:
(informal, intransitive, qualifier:especially first-person shooters) To briefly move out of cover (to gather visual information).
Sniper watching the site; don't peek.
(informal, transitive) To take a look at; to check out.
Peek my new shoes.
(dated, informal, transitive) To retrieve (a value) from a memory address.
We are peeking the value from the first index's memory location. 2006, Gary Willoughby, PureBasic: A Beginner's Guide to Computer Programming, page 279:
fi pilkottaa (To be only slightly, partially visible) · es echar un vistazo (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · gl axexar (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · es entrever (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · gl espreitar (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · af loer (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · gl guichar (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · pt espreitar (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · cmn 偷看 (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · cmn 窺視 /窥视 (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · mkj wujohr (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · yue 𥊙 (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · ro arunca o privire (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · bg надничам (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · ja 覗く (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · es entreverse (To be only slightly, partially visible) · yue 偷睇 (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · es atisbarse (To be only slightly, partially visible) · de im Speicher nachsehen (computing: To retrieve the value from a memory address) · de lugen (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · pt dar uma espiada (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · ro trage cu ochiul (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · es asomar (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · ru загляну́ть (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · tr dikizlemek (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · yue 偷窺 /偷窥 (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · nl gluren (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · es pishpar (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · fi hakea (computing: To retrieve the value from a memory address) · de gucken (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · sv glutta (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · es pispar (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · sv tjuvkika (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · ru подгля́дывать (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · fi pilkistää (To be only slightly, partially visible) · he הציץ (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · fi lukea (computing: To retrieve the value from a memory address) · sv kika (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · tr göz atmak (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · chr ᎠᎦᏘᎭ (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · it sbirciare (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · fi kurkistaa (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · fr jeter un coup d'œil (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · de linsen (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · es atisbar (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · fa نگاه دزدانه (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · sv slänga ett öga (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · ru загля́дывать (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) · es asomar (To be only slightly, partially visible)