keek

[ keek ]

/ kik /

verb (used without object) Scot. and North England.

to peep; look furtively.

Nearby words

kedleston hall, kedron, kedushah, keef, keegan, keek, keel, keel arch, keel bone, keel over, keel vessel

Origin of keek

1350–1400; Middle English kiken, cognate with or < Middle Dutch, Middle Low German kīken

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Examples from the Web for keek

Lambert first covered the song in a video he posted to his Keek on Feb. 11, the night after Rihanna performed it on Grammys.
The Best (and Worst) Rihanna Covers: Jared Leto, Vin Diesel, Selena Gomez, More|The Daily Beast|September 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
An' gin ye find 'im lyin' canny, an' ye tak' a keek into 'is bonny brown een, ye can see he's aye greetin'.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson
He begged for just one "keek" at the stage, but Jimmy replied: "You don't catch me like that."
The King of Schnorrers|Israel Zangwill
I like t geev da Kais a 54 keek in da face wid-a dose shoos.
Conscript 2989|Irving Crump

Pedro, if you ever keek me, you'll go overboard queek and don't you forget it.
Dick in the Everglades|A. W. Dimock
M'Iver put oat his head and his torch, giving a warder's keek at the door below where the knocking continued.
John Splendid|Neil Munro

British Dictionary definitions for keek

keek

/ (kiːk) /

noun, verb

a Scot word for peep 1

Word Origin for keek

C18: probably from Middle Dutch kīken to look

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