Definition of 'peek'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present
tense peeks
, present participle peeking
, past tense, past participle peeked
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peek in American English
verb intransitive
1.
to glance or look quickly and furtively, esp. through an
opening or from behind something
noun
2.
such a glance
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Word origin
ME piken < ?
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British English: peek VERB
If you peek at something or someone, you have a quick look at them, often secretly.
On two occasions she had peeked at him through a crack in the wall.
- American English: peek
- Brazilian Portuguese: bisbilhotar
- Chinese: > 瞥一眼常指偷偷地
- European Spanish: mirar a hurtadillas
- French: jeter un coup d'œil
- German: schauen auf
- Italian: dare una sbirciata
- Japanese: ちらっとのぞく
- Korean: 엿보다
- European Portuguese: bisbilhotar
- Latin American Spanish: espiar
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