keek

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Hoo, hoo, hoo--keek, eek The Pingaree people started to lift the big cage out of the boat, but just then a gruff voice cried: "Be careful, you villains!"

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  1. intransitive verb To peek; peep.
  2. noun A look, especially a quick one; a peek.

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  • Oh, I'll gie you simultaneous interpretation tae dae wi Ulster Scotch - keek! —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • The species is noted for its high and loud ` keek 'pitch that it repeats several times. —  Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News
  • Comment 3, Monday, 29 Sep 2008 15: 28: 25 thirddddddddddddddd. i got 82 stars. which i was quite proud of till i submitted my score and saw how keek it actually was. ah well .... —  Lazylaces
  • Why, I mind a poor lump of a 'prentice as I wunst had, a loon as never could raise a keek: poor soul, he bin underground this many year. —  In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India
  • This was an extenuating circumstance, and excuses Flannery, but the professor, being a foreigner, could not see the fine point of the distinction, and was angry That night the professor did not sleep in Westcote, but the next afternoon he appeared at Mrs. Muldoon's, supported by Monsieur Jules, the well-known Seventh Avenue restaurateur_, and Monsieur Renaud, who occupies an important post as garcon in Monsieur Jules' establishment For the keek," said the professor, "I care not. —  Mike Flannery On Duty and Off
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  1. Middle English kiken, keken, perhaps from Middle Dutch kiken.

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  1. from Middle English kyken = Dutch kijken = Middle Low German kiken, Low German kieken = German kucken (cf. Middle High German gucken, gugken, German gucken) = Icelandic kīkja = Swedish kika = Danish kige (secondary form kikke), look, peep.
  2. from keek, v.
 

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