verb [V]
1 ~ (at sth) to look at sth quickly and secretly because you should not be looking at it:
No peeking! * I couldn't resist peeking in the drawer. * She peeked at the audience from behind the curtain.
2 ~ out / over / through, etc. to be just visible:
Her feet peeked out from the end of the blanket. * A toe peeked through the hole in his sock.
peek noun [sing.]:
I took a quick peek inside.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for peek is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does peek appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — peek appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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