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peek verb [ piːk ]

• look quickly or furtively.
• "faces peeked from behind twitched curtains"
Similar: peep, have a peep, have a peek, take a secret look, spy, take a sly/stealthy look, sneak a look, glance, cast a brief look, look hurriedly, look, peer, keek, take a gander, have a look-see, have a squint, have a dekko, have/take a butcher's, take a shufti,

peek noun

• a quick or furtive look.
• "she sneaked a peek at the map"
Similar: secret look, sly look, stealthy look, sneaky look, peep, glance, glimpse, brief/hurried/quick look, look, peer, keek, gander, look-see, squint, eyeful, dekko, butcher's, shufti, Jack Nohi,
Origin: late Middle English pike, pyke, of unknown origin.


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