different between chalky vs peaked

English

Etymology

chalk +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ki

Adjective

chalky (comparative chalkier, superlative chalkiest)

1. Consisting of or containing chalk.
2. Resembling chalk in some way.

   a chalky texture

3. (US, sports, chiefly basketball) Of a tournament: in which the favorites win, or expected to win, most of the games.
   • 2019: FiveThirtyEight

     It’s funny — even though the bracket has been so chalky, several of the top seeds have looked suspect at times.

Related terms

• chalkiness

References

• chalky in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• hackly

English

Etymology 1

See peak.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?kt, IPA^(key): /pi?kt/ or enPR: p?k??d, IPA^(key): /?pi?k?d/
• Rhymes: -i?kt, -i?k?d
• Homophones: piqued, peeked

Adjective

peaked (comparative more peaked, superlative most peaked)

1. Having a peak or peaks.

   The wizard wore a peaked cap.

Etymology 2

See peak (Etymology 2).

Alternative forms

• pekid

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?pi.k?d/

Adjective

peaked (comparative more peaked, superlative most peaked)

1. Sickly-looking, peaky.
   • 2000, Toshio Mori and Lawson Fusao Inada, Unfinished Message: Selected Works of Toshio Mori, p. 149,

     She looked peaked and tired ever since he had volunteered for the army.

   • 2001, Fred C. Feddeck, Hale Men of Fordham: Hail!, p. 17,

     While Nixon looked peaked throughout the debate, Kennedy looked like a poised diplomat oozing confidence.

   • 2004, Don Ecker, Past Sins, p. 276,

     Peck looked peaked to Williams. He was pale and appeared to be breathing in shallow gasps.

Translations

Etymology 3

See peak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi?kt/
• Homophones: peeked, piqued

Verb

peaked

1. simple past tense and past participle of peak

Anagrams

• Deepak