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keek /kiːk /Scottish verb [no object]Peep surreptitiously: he keeked through the window...- A quick glance around revealed a half-dozen other kids concealed in doorways, keeking out from behind walls, or half - hidden behind trees.
- She doesn't like playing piano and hates being keeked by Nobita Nobi when she was washing.
- When books were read round class, and you got the belt if you got carried away and keeked at the next page before you were allowed to.
nounA surreptitious glance.John Knox might not approve (though he would probably have a keek through the curtain); the two Roberts, Burns and Fergusson, certainly would....- It's an odd story, a keek through the keyhole at the inner workings of how to stay famous, but it also serves to illustrate just how far the writer has come.
- They vanish like dreams at morn's first keek.
OriginLate Middle English: perhaps related to Dutch kijken 'have a look'. Rhymesantique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak, geek, Greek, hide-and-seek, Lalique, leak, leek, Martinique, meek, midweek, Mozambique, Mustique, mystique, oblique, opéra comique, ortanique, peak, Peake, peek, physique, pique, pratique, reek, seek, shriek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, Speke, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tongue-in-cheek, tweak, unique, veronique, weak, week, wreak |