peek
verbosostantivosostantivocorrente nei dialoghi
- //piːk//
To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
verbo
- 1
informaleTo look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
Close your eyes, and no peeking!
- 2
informaleTo be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
A pale strip of white skin peeked out from under his waistband.
Her brown skin peeked through the empty gap in her clothing.
- 3
informaleTo briefly move out of cover (to gather visual information).
Sniper watching the site; don't peek.
- 4
informaleTo take a look at; to check out.
Peek my new shoes.
- 5
desuetoTo retrieve (a value) from a memory address.
We are peeking the value from the first index's memory location.
Etimologia
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”).
sostantivo
- 1
informaleA quick glance or look.
sostantivo
- 1
Variante di piqueinformaleMisspelling of pique.
Forme
- plurale
- peeks
- passato
- peeked
- participio passato
- peeked
- participio presente
- peeking
- 3ª persona singolare
- peeks
peek · To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
Peek · A surname.peeking · The act of one who peeks.peel · To remove the skin or outer covering of.