peek

peek
peek / peep [n] sneaked look blink, gander*, glance, glimpse, look-see, sight; concept 623 peek / peep [v] sneak a look blink, glance, glimpse, have a gander*, look, peer, snatch, snoop, spy, squint, stare, take a look; concept 623 peep [n1/v1] chirp chatter, cheep, chirrup, chuck, churr, coo, cry, hoot, pipe, squeak, tweet, twitter; concept 64 peep / peer [v2] appear briefly become visible, crop up, emerge, open to view, peep out, peer out, show partially; concept 261 peer [n] person who is another’s equal associate, coequal, companion, compeer, like, match, rival; concept 423 —Ant. inferior, superior peer [v1] scan, scrutinize bore, eagle eye*, eye*, eyeball*, focus, gape, gawk, gaze, get a load of, glare, glim, gloat, inspect, look, peep, pin*, pry, rubberneck*, snoop, spy, squint, stare; concepts 103,623

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  • PEEK — ist die Abkürzung für Polyetheretherketon siehe Polyetherketone ein Befehl der Programmiersprache BASIC, das Gegenstück zu POKE Peek ist der Name von Frank William Peek (1881–1933) US amerikanischer Elektrotechniker. Kim Peek (* 1951), US… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Peek — ist die Abkürzung für Polyetheretherketon siehe Polyetherketone ein Befehl der Programmiersprache BASIC, das Gegenstück zu POKE Peek ist der Name von Frank William Peek (1881–1933) US amerikanischer Elektrotechniker. Kim Peek (1951–2009), US… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Peek — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda PEEK es una instrucción, en lenguaje BASIC, que usaban los antigüos ordenadores de 8 bit, como el ZX Spectrum. Dicha instrucción se encargaba de recuperar un valor en una determinada dirección (posición) de memoria.… …   Wikipedia Español

  • peek — [pi:k] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from [i]Dutch kieken to look ] 1.) to look quickly at something, or to look at something from behind something else, especially something that you are not supposed to see →↑peep peek at/through/into etc… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • peek — (v.) late 14c., piken look quickly and slyly, of unknown origin. The words peek, keek, and peep all were used with more or less the same meaning 14c. 15c.; perhaps the ultimate source was M.Du. kieken. Related: Peeked; peeking. The noun meaning a …   Etymology dictionary

  • Peek — Peek, v. i. [OE. piken: cf. F. piquer to pierce, prick, E. pique. Cf. {Peak}.] To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • peek — peek; peek·a·boo; …   English syllables

  • peek — /peek/, v.i. 1. to look or glance quickly or furtively, esp. through a small opening or from a concealed location; peep; peer. n. 2. a quick or furtive look or glance; peep. [1325 75; ME piken (v.); perh. dissimilated var. of kiken to KEEK] Syn.… …   Universalium

  • PEEK — PEEK: DIN Kurzzeichen für Polyetheretherketone …   Universal-Lexikon

  • peek — n peep, glimpse, glance, *look, sight, view …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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