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"To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep."
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"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "loer"
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"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "надничам"
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"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "agatiha",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "ᎠᎦᏘᎭ"
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"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "偷窺"
},
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
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"roman": "tau¹ kwai¹",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "偷窥"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
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"roman": "tau¹ tai²",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "偷睇"
},
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
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"roman": "zong¹",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "𥊙"
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "窺視"
},
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
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"roman": "kuīshì",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "窥视"
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"roman": "tōukàn",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "偷看"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "gluren"
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "kurkistaa"
},
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "jeter un coup d’œil"
},
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "lugen"
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
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"word": "gucken"
},
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
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"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
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"word": "linsen"
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"alt": "のぞく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nozoku",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "覗く"
},
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "negâhe dozdâna",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "نگاه دزدانه"
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "dar uma espiada"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "espreitar"
},
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "trage cu ochiul"
},
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "arunca o privire"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zagljádyvatʹ",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "загля́дывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zagljanútʹ",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "загляну́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podgljádyvatʹ",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подгля́дывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "entrever"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "kika"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "slänga ett öga"
},
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
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"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "glutta"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
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"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "tjuvkika"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "dikizlemek"
},
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"_dis1": "96 3 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "göz atmak"
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{
"ref": "2012, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Going Down: Oral Sex Stories",
"text": "A pale strip of white skin peeked out from under his waistband.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Michelle Monkou, If I Had You",
"text": "Her brown skin peeked through the empty gap in her clothing.",
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"To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place."
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"(informal) To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place."
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"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To be only slightly, partially visible",
"word": "pilkottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To be only slightly, partially visible",
"word": "pilkistää"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To be only slightly, partially visible",
"word": "entreverse"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To be only slightly, partially visible",
"word": "atisbarse"
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{
"text": "Coordinate term: poke"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Gary Willoughby, PureBasic: A Beginner's Guide to Computer Programming, page 279",
"text": "We are peeking the value from the first index's memory location.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To retrieve (a value) from a memory address."
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"(computing, transitive, dated) To retrieve (a value) from a memory address."
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"_dis1": "2 11 88",
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"sense": "computing: To retrieve the value from a memory address",
"word": "hakea"
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{
"_dis1": "2 11 88",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "computing: To retrieve the value from a memory address",
"word": "lukea"
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{
"_dis1": "2 11 88",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "computing: To retrieve the value from a memory address",
"word": "im Speicher nachsehen"
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"word": "peek wallet"
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"English informal terms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Going Down: Oral Sex Stories",
"text": "A pale strip of white skin peeked out from under his waistband.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Michelle Monkou, If I Had You",
"text": "Her brown skin peeked through the empty gap in her clothing.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Computing"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: poke"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Gary Willoughby, PureBasic: A Beginner's Guide to Computer Programming, page 279",
"text": "We are peeking the value from the first index's memory location.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To retrieve (a value) from a memory address."
],
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"memory",
"memory"
],
[
"address",
"address"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing, transitive, dated) To retrieve (a value) from a memory address."
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/piːk/"
},
{
"homophone": "peak"
},
{
"homophone": "peke"
},
{
"homophone": "pique"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːk"
},
{
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "pēk"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "loer"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nadničam",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "надничам"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "agatiha",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "ᎠᎦᏘᎭ"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "偷窺"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "tau¹ kwai¹",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "偷窥"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "tau¹ tai²",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "偷睇"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zong¹",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "𥊙"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "窺視"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kuīshì",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "窥视"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tōukàn",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "偷看"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "gluren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "kurkistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "jeter un coup d’œil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "lugen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "gucken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "linsen"
},
{
"alt": "のぞく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nozoku",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "覗く"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "negâhe dozdâna",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "نگاه دزدانه"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "dar uma espiada"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "espreitar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "trage cu ochiul"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "arunca o privire"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zagljádyvatʹ",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "загля́дывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zagljanútʹ",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "загляну́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podgljádyvatʹ",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подгля́дывать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "entrever"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "kika"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "slänga ett öga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "glutta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "tjuvkika"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "dikizlemek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep",
"word": "göz atmak"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To be only slightly, partially visible",
"word": "pilkottaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To be only slightly, partially visible",
"word": "pilkistää"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To be only slightly, partially visible",
"word": "entreverse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To be only slightly, partially visible",
"word": "atisbarse"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "computing: To retrieve the value from a memory address",
"word": "hakea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "computing: To retrieve the value from a memory address",
"word": "lukea"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "computing: To retrieve the value from a memory address",
"word": "im Speicher nachsehen"
}
],
"word": "peek"
}
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"English 1-syllable words",
"English blends",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English misspellings",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/iːk",
"Rhymes:English/iːk/1 syllable"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "peek wallet"
},
{
"word": "sneak peek"
}
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "*peken"
},
"expansion": "Middle English *peken",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "piken"
},
"expansion": "piken",
"name": "m"
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"2": "pyken",
"t": "to peep"
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "enm",
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"t": "to peep"
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "keken"
},
"expansion": "keken",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "kiken",
"t": "to keek, look, spy"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "peep",
"3": "keek",
"nocap": "1"
},
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"name": "blend"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English *peken, piken, pyken (“to peep”), probably a fusion of Middle English pepen (“to peep”) and keken, kiken (“to keek, look, spy”), equivalent to a blend of peep + keek.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "peeks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "peek (plural peeks)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A quick glance or look."
],
"links": [
[
"glance",
"glance"
],
[
"look",
"look"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/piːk/"
},
{
"homophone": "peak"
},
{
"homophone": "peke"
},
{
"homophone": "pique"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːk"
},
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "pēk"
}
],
"word": "peek"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English misspellings",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"Rhymes:English/iːk",
"Rhymes:English/iːk/1 syllable"
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"2": "misspelling"
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"expansion": "peek",
"name": "head"
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "pique"
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],
"categories": [
"English misspellings"
],
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"Misspelling of pique."
],
"links": [
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"pique",
"pique#English"
]
],
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]
}
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"ipa": "/piːk/"
},
{
"homophone": "peak"
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{
"homophone": "pique"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːk"
},
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "pēk"
}
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"word": "peek"
}
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