peering

¹

[ peer-ing ]

adjective

1. looking narrowly or searchingly, as in the effort to discern clearly:

   We'll build it underground, far from the peering eyes of passersby.

   She risked a peering glance out into the dark corridor.

noun

1. the act of looking narrowly or searchingly, as in the effort to discern clearly:

   For my annual peering into the future, here are a few remarks about the changing economy.

peering

²

[ peer-ing ]

noun

, Computers.

1. an arrangement under which two or more networks are connected so as to route traffic independently in a direct exchange of data:

   The peering of these two large internet providers will bring faster broadband speeds to the island’s east-coast communities.

Other Words From

• peer·ing·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of peering¹

First recorded in 1560–70; peer ¹( def ) + -ing ²( def ) for the adjective; peer ¹( def ) + -ing ¹( def ) for the noun

Origin of peering²

First recorded in 1985–90; peer ²( def ) + -ing ¹( def )

Example Sentences

This is not a coincidence, according to a preprint study from August that still has to undergo peer review.

From Popular-Science

Just because it comes out in a peer-reviewed journal, that doesn’t mean it’s settled.

From Washington Post

The mega-retailer announced today that it has acquired “select assets – including the talent, technology platform and IP” from the company, in a bid to incorporate its peer-to-peer food and drink delivery service into its own last-mile logistics.

From TechCrunch

The study, by Daniel Larremore and Kate Bubar of the University of Colorado Boulder, Lipsitch, and their colleagues, has been published as a preprint, meaning it has not yet been peer reviewed.

From Singularity Hub 

He captured an all-American ideal that the other, worldlier aviators did not care to exude, and George chronicles through numerous press reports how Glenn came to represent NASA and America far more than his peers and bosses ever expected.

From Washington Post

But peering more closely at the photograph, taken this August, his weary brown eyes reveal a darker truth.

From The Daily Beast

They sit on tall chairs with bright red seats peering down into microscopes.

From The Daily Beast

Peering over a notebook this time, I saw him as a character in a larger story about outlaws.

From The Daily Beast

"Peering inside [these] sleek, circular contours reveals a whole lot of nothing," Steven Hyden recently wrote on Grantland.

From The Daily Beast

The camera homes in on a young boy peering out the window, his face faintly visible through its steel security bars.

From The Daily Beast

It was difficult to describe—a little sterner, a little wilder, a faint emphasis of the barbaric peering through it.

From Project Gutenberg

As he was toiling slowly up a narrow, rocky pass, he suddenly saw an Indian's head peering over the ledge.

From Project Gutenberg

They were walking down a corridor, and Miss Thangue was peering through her lorgnette at the cards on the doors.

From Project Gutenberg

He saw her dear face peering through the dimness at him, the eyes burning like two dark precious stones.

From Project Gutenberg

Peering through the window, over the flats, I saw a light gleaming steadily at the head of the village street.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• inquisitive
• interested