Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To glance quickly.
- intransitive verb To look or peer furtively, as from a place of concealment.
- intransitive verb To be only partially visible, as if peering or emerging from hiding.
- noun A brief or furtive look.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To peep; look pryingly.
- noun A woodpecker.
- noun An obsolete or nautical spelling of
peak .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb colloq. To look surreptitiously, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To look
slyly , or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; topeep . - verb To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
- verb computing, transitive To retrieve (a value) from a
memory address .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb throw a glance at; take a brief look at
- noun a secret look
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The scene in this peek is the Wayne/Drake interaction that I wanted to see before Bruce went … whenever he and Steve Rogers are.
DC Sneak Peek: Batman: The Widening Gyre #3 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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For now, I wanted to show you another sneak peek from the Occasions Mini Catalog that goes live on Jan. 5.
Happy New Year jpitta 2010
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For now, I wanted to show you another sneak peek from the Occasions Mini Catalog that goes live on Jan. 5.
Archive 2010-01-01 jpitta 2010
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Another week, and another sneak peek from the fine people at Archie Comics.
Archie Comics Sneak Peek of the Week | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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The sneak peek is now available for freedownload via iTunes!
Predators Sneak Peek 2010
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A little behind the curtain peek at the nitty-gritty parts that went into making the monsters of MK.
Bleep, Bleep. Bloop, Bloop. Video Games. « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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The only part of the video that could possibly be seen as a clue or sneek peek is a very quick look at new cast members Caesar and Ilana played by Saïd Taghmaoui and Zuleikha Robinson at the end of the video.
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The only part of the video that could possibly be seen as a clue or sneek peek is a very quick look at new cast members Caesar and Ilana played by Saïd Taghmaoui and Zuleikha Robinson at the end of the video.
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And for the Los Angeles Times, John Horn notes that New Line's strategy of offering Cannes this sneak peek is awfully similar to their tactic in 2001 with the first installment of The Lord of the Rings.
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For the Los Angeles Times, Glenn F Bunting takes a close look at documents that "provide a rare behind-the-curtain peek at the thousands of expenditures that drain the budget of a major motion picture."
oroboros commented on the word peek
Keep in reverse.
July 22, 2007