different between peek vs pees

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?k, IPA^(key): /pi?k/

  Homophones: peak, peke, pique

• Rhymes: -i?k

Alternative forms

• peak, peke (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From Middle English *peken, piken (“to peep”), probably a fusion of peep and keek.

Verb

peek (third-person singular simple present peeks, present participle peeking, simple past and past participle peeked)

1. (informal) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
2. (informal) To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
3. (computing, transitive) To retrieve (a value) from a memory address.
   • 2006, Gary Willoughby, PureBasic: A Beginner's Guide to Computer Programming (page 279)

     We are peeking the value from the first index's memory location.

Translations

Related terms

• peekable
• sneak peek

Etymology 2

Noun

peek

1. Misspelling of pique.

Anagrams

• Ekpe, Keep, Peke, keep, kepe, peke

Basque

Noun

peek

1. ergative plural of pe

Hlai

Etymology

From Proto-Hlai *p?a?k (“high”), from Pre-Hlai *pa?k (Norquest, 2015).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hlai) IPA^(key): /p?e?k?/

Adjective

peek

1. high

English

Noun

pees

1. plural of pee

Verb

pees

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pee

Anagrams

• Sepe, eeps, seep

Belizean Creole

Etymology 1

Noun

pees

1. piece (part of a larger whole)

Etymology 2

Noun

pees

1. peace

References

• Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 261.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?s/
• Hyphenation: pees
• Rhymes: -e?s

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pese. See vezel (“fiber, sinew”).

Noun

pees f (plural pezen, diminutive peesje n)

1. A sinew.

Derived terms

• pezig
• zenuwpees

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

pees

1. first-person singular present indicative of pezen
2. imperative of pezen

Middle English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman peis, from Latin pax

Noun

pees (uncountable)

1. peace

Spanish

Verb

pees

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of peer.