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单词 keek
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keekn.

Brit. /kiːk/, U.S. /kik/, Scottish English /kik/
Etymology: < keek v.
Scottish and northern dialect.
A peep; see the verb.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > peep or keek
peek1636
peep1730
pry1750
keeka1774
deek1833
skeet1844
toot1865
a1774 R. Fergusson Auld Reikie in Poems (1785) 215 So glowr the saints when first is given A fav'rite keek o' glore and heaven.
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 159 He by his showther gae a keek.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xii. 275 Take a keek into Pate's letter.
1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 231 From it down every Quayside-chare there's such a glorious keek.
1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xviii. 174 Let's take another keek at the red-coats.

Compounds

keek-hole n. a peep-hole.
ΚΠ
1891 R. Ford Thistledown iv. 87 Keek-holes through which fitful glances are obtained.
keek-show n. a peep-show.
ΚΠ
1883 Sunday Mag. Sept. 574/2 A rich assortment of merry-go-rounds, keek-shows, and jugglers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

keekv.

Brit. /kiːk/, U.S. /kik/, Scottish English /kik/
Forms: Middle English kike, kyke, keke, Middle English keky(y)n, kek, Middle English–1500s Scottish keik, 1600s– keek.
Etymology: Not known in Old English, but has Low German cognates: Middle Dutch kîken, kieken (Dutch kijken), Low German kîken (formerly sometimes used in High German); Danish kige, Swedish and Norwegian kika (probably from Low German). Middle Dutch and Low German had also kicken (employed by Luther).It is not clear whether the original Middle English form was kīken or kĭken; the former would agree with the continental forms, but the latter would better explain the variant kēken, from which the modern keek has come down. It is noticeable that the vowel of keek corresponds with that of other words of similar meaning, as peek, peep, peer, Scots teet, and may be due to analogy or feeling of appropriateness.
Now only Scottish and northern dialect.
1.
a. intransitive. To peep; to look privily, as through a narrow aperture, or round a corner; †to glance, gaze (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > peep
beak?c1225
toot?c1225
prya1350
peekc1390
touta1400
keekc1405
peepa1500
outpeep1600
twire1602
teet1710
underpeep1827
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > glance or look quickly
glent1303
gliffc1330
gleam1340
blenka1375
keekc1405
glidec1425
gliffen1489
runa1500
glish1570
glance1582
to glance one's eye, look1590
blink1592
squint1610
reflect1611
teet1710
glisk1720
glint1888
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 653 In to the roof they kiken [so best MSS.; also kyken, keken, kepen, loken] and they cape.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 259 This Nicholas sat euere capyng vp righte As he hadde kiked [v.rr. kykyd, keked] on the newe moone.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 269/2 Kekyyn, or priuely waytyn (K., H., S., P. kekyn), intuor, observo.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 900 All þat he set his eye on, or aftir list to keke, Anoon he shuld it have.
1572 R. Sempill Lament. Commounis Scotl. (single sheet) In hoill and boir we byde..Dar not keik out for Rebellis that dois ryde.
a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 491 Some..in the crowne of it keeks.
a1724 in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 60 Keek into the draw-well, Janet.
1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 15 I keek by the hay-stack, and lissen, For fain [printed wain] wad I see Sally Gray.
1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums xvi. 146 Up you'll be, keekin' (peering) through the blind to see if the post's comin'.
b. figurative. Of things.
ΚΠ
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Preaching of Swallow l. 1708 in Poems (1981) 67 Quhen columbie vp keikis throw the clay.
1723 A. Ramsay Fair Assembly xxiv Where they appear, nae vice dare keek.
1790 A. Wilson Poems 186 The morn was keekin' frae the east.
18.. H. S. Riddell Poet. Wks. (1871) I. 36 (E.D.D.) The nest o' the birds keeking out between The leaves and the roots.
2. In verbal phrases used as nouns, as keek-in-the-stoup, keek-round-corners.
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1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 226 Keek in the Stoup was ne'er a good Fellow.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 307 I want nae spies and keek-roon-corners in my hoose!

Compounds

keek-bo n. peep-bo! bo-peep.
ΚΠ
1835 D. Webster Orig. Sc. Rhymes 41 The Sun..seem'd as if playing keekbo wi' the moon.
keek-bogle n. Scottish hide-and-seek.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > hide-and-seek
belly-blind?a1500
buck-hide?a1500
king-by-your-leave1572
all hid1598
wink all hid1609
hoopers hide1684
whoopers hide1684
whoop and hide1710
hide-and-seek1724
whoop1784
keek-bogle1791
hide-and-coop1850
billy-blind-
buck-hood-
1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 168 Those who now his favour seek Wad stand afar, An' ne'er play at him bogle keik.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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