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

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Example Sentences

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keek

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

From New York Times ● May 16, 2015

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

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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 Sterling Andrus Leonard

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

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