"peaky" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpiːki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-peaky.wav [Southern-England] Forms: peakier [comparative], peakiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːki Etymology: From peak + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|peak|y}} peak + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} peaky (comparative peakier, superlative peakiest)
  1. Sickly; peaked. Translations (sickly): отслабнал (otslabnal) (Bulgarian), ziekelijk (Dutch), измождённый (izmoždjónnyj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-peaky-en-adj-n7XkWTR2 Disambiguation of 'sickly': 98 2
  2. Characterised by peaks.
    Sense id: en-peaky-en-adj-B3byVbNa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: peaky blinder

Inflected forms

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