peek

Meanings

Plural: peeks

Noun

a secret look
A quick glance or look.
Misspelling of pique.

Verb

throw a glance at; take a brief look at
- "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"
To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
To retrieve (a value) from a memory address.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English *peken, piken, pyken (“to peep”), probably a fusion of Middle English pepen (“to peep”) and keken, kiken (“to keek, look, spy”), equivalent to a blend of peep + keek.

Synonyms

glance, glint, peep

Scrabble Score: 10

peek is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
peek is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
peek is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

peek is a valid Words With Friends word