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screen peek

screen peek verb: to look at another player's portion of a television screen during a competitive multiplayer game in which multiple players are sharing a screen.

Verb

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

  1. (dated) To look at another player's portion of a television screen during a competitive multiplayer game in which multiple players are sharing a screen.
    • ... an outline. Bullet connected to head. The announcer boomed over the TV speakers that it was game over. “Yeah, buddy!” “What the hell, man! You screen-peeked again.” “No I didn't, bro. You just suck at Halo,” he Rage Quit.2022 May 31, Cody Caetano, Half-Bads in White Regalia: A Memoir, Penguin, →ISBN
    • […] screen peeking, "he grumbled , and Penny laughed out loud." It's not screen peeking! It's the same TV - right there in front of me!" "Still cheating." "Says who?" "My house , my rules."2023 December 6, Cynthia Gunderson, Called for Icing, Button Press

Forms of screen peek

third-person singular presentscreen peeks
present participlescreen peeking
past participlescreen peeked
pastscreen peeked
alternative formscreen-peek

Questions about screen peek

What does screen peek mean?
Screen peek means to look at another player's portion of a television screen during a competitive multiplayer game in which multiple players are sharing a screen.
What part of speech is screen peek?
Screen peek is a verb.
What is the past tense of screen peek?
The past tense of screen peek is screen peeked.

Words near screen peek in the dictionary

  1. screen of death
  2. screen off
  3. screen out
  4. screen pass
  5. screen passes
  6. screen peek
  7. screen peeked
  8. screen peeking
  9. screen peeks
  10. screen play
  11. screen plays

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