different between peek vs yeek
peek
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)
- (informal) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
- (informal) To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
- (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.
- 2006, Gary Willoughby, PureBasic: A Beginner's Guide to Computer Programming (page 279)
Translations
Related terms
- peekable
- sneak peek
Etymology 2
Noun
peek
- Misspelling of pique.
Anagrams
- Ekpe, Keep, Peke, keep, kepe, peke
Basque
Noun
peek
- 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
- high
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yeek
English
Etymology
Imitative.
Interjection
yeek
- eek; the sound of a mouse.
- eek; an exclamation of terror.
Anagrams
- yeke
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