verb, noun — 6 senses
/piːk/
Etymology From Middle English *peken, piken, pyken (“to peep”), probably a fusion of Middle English pepen (“to peep”) and keken, kiken (“to keek, look, spy”), equivalent to a blend of peep + keek. Perhaps also possibly a metathetic alteration of Middle English kepen, kipen, kypen (“to keep, look, observe, watch”).
Informal To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
Informal To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
Video games Informal To briefly move out of cover (to gather visual information).
Especially first-person shooters
Informal To take a look at; to check out.
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Dated, Informal To retrieve (a value) from a memory address.
Etymology From Middle English *peken, piken, pyken (“to peep”), probably a fusion of Middle English pepen (“to peep”) and keken, kiken (“to keek, look, spy”), equivalent to a blend of peep + keek. Perhaps also possibly a metathetic alteration of Middle English kepen, kipen, kypen (“to keep, look, observe, watch”).
Informal A quick glance or look.
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