"keek" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kiːk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-keek.wav Forms: keeks [plural]
Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: From Middle English kyken, kiken, keken (“to look, peep”), probably from Middle Dutch kiken, kieken or Middle Low German kîken (“to look, peep”), from Old Saxon *kīkan (“to look”), from Proto-West Germanic *kīkan, from Proto-Germanic *kīkaną (“to look”). Cognate with Dutch kijken (“to look”), German Low German kieken (“to look”), Estonian kiikama (“to look, to peek”), German kucken, gucken (“to look”), Danish kigge, kikke (“to look, peep”), Swedish kika (“to peep, peek, keek, pry”), Icelandic kíkja (“to look, check”). Perhaps related to kick. The words peek, keek and peep were used more or less synonymously in the 14th and 15th centuries. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|kyken}} Middle English kyken, {{der|en|dum|kiken}} Middle Dutch kiken, {{der|en|gml|kîken|t=to look, peep}} Middle Low German kîken (“to look, peep”), {{der|en|osx|*kīkan|t=to look}} Old Saxon *kīkan (“to look”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*kīkan}} Proto-West Germanic *kīkan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*kīkaną|t=to look}} Proto-Germanic *kīkaną (“to look”), {{cog|nl|kijken||to look}} Dutch kijken (“to look”), {{cog|nds-de|kieken||to look}} German Low German kieken (“to look”), {{cog|et|kiikama||to look, to peek}} Estonian kiikama (“to look, to peek”), {{cog|de|kucken}} German kucken, {{cog|da|kigge}} Danish kigge, {{cog|sv|kika||to peep, peek, keek, pry}} Swedish kika (“to peep, peek, keek, pry”), {{cog|is|kíkja||to look, check}} Icelandic kíkja (“to look, check”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} keek (plural keeks)
  1. (Scotland) A look, especially a quick one; a peek. Tags: Scotland Related terms: look, peek, peep
    Sense id: en-keek-en-noun-hphDpU4v Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55

Verb

IPA: /kiːk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-keek.wav Forms: keeks [present, singular, third-person], keeking [participle, present], keeked [participle, past], keeked [past]
Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: From Middle English kyken, kiken, keken (“to look, peep”), probably from Middle Dutch kiken, kieken or Middle Low German kîken (“to look, peep”), from Old Saxon *kīkan (“to look”), from Proto-West Germanic *kīkan, from Proto-Germanic *kīkaną (“to look”). Cognate with Dutch kijken (“to look”), German Low German kieken (“to look”), Estonian kiikama (“to look, to peek”), German kucken, gucken (“to look”), Danish kigge, kikke (“to look, peep”), Swedish kika (“to peep, peek, keek, pry”), Icelandic kíkja (“to look, check”). Perhaps related to kick. The words peek, keek and peep were used more or less synonymously in the 14th and 15th centuries. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|kyken}} Middle English kyken, {{der|en|dum|kiken}} Middle Dutch kiken, {{der|en|gml|kîken|t=to look, peep}} Middle Low German kîken (“to look, peep”), {{der|en|osx|*kīkan|t=to look}} Old Saxon *kīkan (“to look”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*kīkan}} Proto-West Germanic *kīkan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*kīkaną|t=to look}} Proto-Germanic *kīkaną (“to look”), {{cog|nl|kijken||to look}} Dutch kijken (“to look”), {{cog|nds-de|kieken||to look}} German Low German kieken (“to look”), {{cog|et|kiikama||to look, to peek}} Estonian kiikama (“to look, to peek”), {{cog|de|kucken}} German kucken, {{cog|da|kigge}} Danish kigge, {{cog|sv|kika||to peep, peek, keek, pry}} Swedish kika (“to peep, peek, keek, pry”), {{cog|is|kíkja||to look, check}} Icelandic kíkja (“to look, check”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} keek (third-person singular simple present keeks, present participle keeking, simple past and past participle keeked)
  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To peek; peep. Tags: Scotland, intransitive Categories (topical): Vision
    Sense id: en-keek-en-verb-XvdgkfE7 Disambiguation of Vision: 32 68 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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      "expansion": "German kucken",
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "word": "look"
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      "word": "peek"
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    {
      "word": "peep"
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          "ref": "1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter XVIIII, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"And now let's take another keek at the red-coats,\" says Alan, and he led me to the north-eastern fringe of the wood.",
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          "look",
          "look"
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          "peek",
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}

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