Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Ending in a peak; pointed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pointed; ending in a point: as, a peaked beard.
- Having a sickly, thin, or emaciated appearance; drawn; said of the face or the expression.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pointed; ending in a point.
- adjective (Oftener pēk"ĕd), colloq. Sickly; not robust.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a
peak or peaks. - adjective
Sickly -looking,peaky .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective somewhat ill or prone to illness
- adjective having or rising to a peak
Etymologies
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Examples
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According to the Twitter trend tracking site Twist (image above), use of the term peaked on Sunday morning and has since decayed.
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According to the Twitter trend tracking site Twist (image above), use of the term peaked on Sunday morning and has since decayed.
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And then just the last question maybe for Ken: the 5.4% Building margin, do you think there's upside to that or has that in your term peaked?
Tutor Perini CEO Discusses Q3 2010 - Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha 2010
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This in some degree corresponds with Captain Cook's record of the irregularity of his compass when he passed near this part of the coast, in consequence of which he called the peaked island to the westward of the cape, Magnetical Island: this irregularity, however, was not noticed by me in my observations near the same spot; and the difference observed by him may very probably have been occasioned by the ship's local attraction, which in those days was unknown.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King
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Ditto Brian Moran: Our Brian was born in Massachusetts in 1959, but the name peaked in popularity in 1973, in Nebraska.
Tip To Candidates: Change Your Names Marc Fisher 2009
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Martin has an old-fashioned ring to it, and the numbers back up that impression -- the name peaked in 1964 and was especially popular in the Southwest, though O'Malley is a D.C. kid, born in '63.
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Ditto Brian (Moran): Our Brian was born in Massachusetts in 1959, but the name peaked in popularity in 1973, in Nebraska.
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Martin has an old-fashioned ring to it, and the numbers back up that impression--the name peaked in 1964 and was especially popular in the Southwest, though O'Malley is a D.C. kid, born in '63.
Tip To Candidates: Change Your Names Marc Fisher 2009
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Suakin peaked in prosperity during the boom years of the slave trade in the 19th century.
Northern Sudan 2005
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Suakin peaked in prosperity during the boom years of the slave trade in the 19th century.
Wanderlustress: 2005
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