keek

American  

[keek] / kik /

verb (used without object)

Scot. and North England.

1. to peep; look furtively.

   keeking through the window blinds.

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keek British  

/ kiːk /

noun

1. a Scot word for peep 1

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Etymology

Origin of keek

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English kiken, cognate with or from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German kīken

Example Sentences

“I keek a touchdown!” he supposedly exclaimed after a successful kick.

From New York Times • May 16, 2015

‘What? Hide in trees and only talk by saying keek keek to people?’

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Then with a shrill keek keek, it opens its wings and takes off.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

“They keek oop a lot o’ talk and clish ma claver aboot it kettin’ dairk.

From Steve Young by Fenn, George Manville

Aye, by God I'll find him, if I have to keek under every stone on the mountains from the Boar of Badenoch to the Sow of Athole.

From The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays by Leonard, Sterling Andrus