peeking

Verb

peek (third-person singular simple present peeks, present participle peeking, simple past and past participle peeked)

1. (informal, intransitive) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
   • Close your eyes, and no peeking!
2. (informal, intransitive) To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
   • A pale strip of white skin peeked out from under his waistband.2012, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Going Down: Oral Sex Stories, →ISBN
3. (informal, intransitive, especially first-person shooters) To briefly move out of cover (to gather visual information).
   • Sniper watching the site; don't peek.
4. (informal, transitive) To take a look at; to check out.
   • Peek my new shoes.
5. (dated, informal, transitive) To retrieve (a value) from a memory address.
   • 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

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