peek
Pronunciation: /piːk/
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Definition of peek
verb
noun
Origin:
late Middle English pike, pyke, of unknown origin
The word meaning ‘look quickly or furtively’ and ‘a quick or furtive look’ is peek, not peak: the sun peeks out only intermittently, a sneak peek at what’s in store. In some contexts this error is very common: for example, almost a third of citations for the expression a sneak peek in the Oxford English Corpus are for the incorrect spelling.