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keek

/kiːk/

keek verb: to peek; peep.

Verb

keek (third-person singular simple present keeks, present participle keeking, simple past and past participle keeked)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To peek; peep.
    • She was laid in my arms. Not able to sit up, I just keeked at her beautiful facie.2019 May 10, Moreen Simpson, “New arrivals proved big challenge in early days”, in Evening Express

Noun (1)

keek (plural keeks)

  1. (Scotland) A look, especially a quick one; a peek.
    • "And now let's take another keek at the red-coats," says Alan, and he led me to the north-eastern fringe of the wood.1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter XVIIII, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886...

Noun (2) capitalized: Keek

Keek (plural Keeks)

  1. (abbreviation, clipping, informal) Clipping of Keekwulee.

Forms of keek

Verb
third-person singular presentkeeks
present participlekeeking
past participlekeeked
pastkeeked
Noun
pluralkeeks
pluralKeeks

Origin of keek

From Middle English kyken, kiken, keken (“to look, peep”), probably from Middle Dutch kiken, kieken or Middle Low German kîken (“to look, peep”), from Old Saxon *kīkan (“to look”), from Proto-West Germanic *kīkan, from Proto-Germanic *kīkaną (“to look”). Cognate with Dutch kijken (“to look”), German Low German kieken (“to look”), Estonian kiikama (“to look, to peek”), German kieken (“to look”), Danish kigge, kikke (“to look, peep”), Swedish kika (“to peep, peek, keek, pry”), Icelandic kíkja (“to look, check”). Perhaps related to kick. The words peek, keek and peep were used more or less synonymously in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Words that rhyme with keek

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Questions about keek

What does keek mean?
Keek means to peek; peep.
What part of speech is keek?
Keek can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce keek?
Keek is pronounced /kiːk/ (UK).
What is the past tense of keek?
The past tense of keek is keeked.

Words near keek in the dictionary

  1. Keehners
  2. Keehns
  3. keeho
  4. keeill
  5. keeills
  6. keek
  7. keekar
  8. keekars
  9. keeked
  10. keeker
  11. keekers

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