keek
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of keek
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English kiken, cognate with or from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German kīken
Example Sentences
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“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
And now I lift a branch and keek in, and am well rewarded.
From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Gordon Stables
A kebbuck is a cheese; keek means peek; toom, empty; a besom, a broom; and soop, sweep.
From The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays by Sterling Andrus Leonard
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