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
If you want to get a good idea of the colour this cat is, or ought to be, take a keek through a lady’s tortoiseshell back-hair comb.
From The Domestic Cat by Gordon Stables
Let me have a keek at the last trick but three!
From Miss Mapp by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
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