Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To peek; peep.
- noun A look, especially a quick one; a peek.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A peep.
- To peep; look pryingly.
- noun One who keeks or peeks; in the clothing trade, one who spies out the newest designs from rival dealers and reports them to his employer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
peek ;peep . - noun A
look , especially a quick one; apeek .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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And leetle mans keek an 'keek an' keek, an 'bime by, long time, long way, keek beeg mans into my cabin.
GRIT OF WOMEN 2010
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And leetle mans keek beeg mans, an 'him cry like, vot you call -- ah! vot you call ze kid.
GRIT OF WOMEN 2010
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March 1, 2008 at 6:49 pm ur leeping crane tekneek iz no match fur mi dubbel rowndhowse keek.
ur hikkups - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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People are trying to keek their jobs and homes, and noone wants to hear any more about a crackpot preacher.
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When Arnold Schwarzenegger looks at the camera in a ludicrous Mr. Freeze outfit and growls, "Eets tahm to keek ice," I am bowled over by a landslide of revelations: That someone had to write that line, thinking it was good enough to be on the big screen.
"A Good Argument" 2006
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May 7, 2008 at 10:27 pm wee keek it nao? zauberflote says:
The day the barking - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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A quarter mile doon, the wersh blinterin sun forced itsel in throu the UV filter gless at the corridor heid, illuminatin the faces an keek panels o the first fifty Omegas.
Archive 2004-09-01 Ray Girvan 2004
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A quarter mile doon, the wersh blinterin sun forced itsel in throu the UV filter gless at the corridor heid, illuminatin the faces an keek panels o the first fifty Omegas.
Links purge Ray Girvan 2004
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With a geing groan grunt and a croak click cluck. 2 And my faceage kink and kurkle trying to make keek peep. 3 Are you right there, Michael, are you right?
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Cautiously, unwilling, he stole a keek at that picture of Alistair.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
trivet commented on the word keek
Scots
intr.v. - to peek; peep.
n. - a look, especially a quick one; a peek.
April 16, 2007
yarb commented on the word keek
He keeked between the stems of sorrel and daisies at the midden, a three-sided brick shed where bins were kept.
- Alasdair Gray, Lanark, ch. 12
January 19, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word keek
compare German guchen, to peer, peek.
January 19, 2009