keek
English
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.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /kiːk/
- Rhymes: -iːk
Verb
keek (third-person singular simple present keeks, present participle keeking, simple past and past participle keeked)
- To peek; peep.
- 2019 May 10, Moreen Simpson, “New arrivals proved big challenge in early days”, in Evening Express:
- She was laid in my arms. Not able to sit up, I just keeked at her beautiful facie.
Noun
keek (plural keeks)
- A look, especially a quick one; a peek.
- 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:
- "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.
Related terms
References
- “keek”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “keek”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Basque
Noun
keek
Cornish
Adjective
keek
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Dutch
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keek
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Scots
Etymology 1
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "sco-smi" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., from Middle English kiken, from Middle Low German kiken, from Old Saxon kīkan, [1] ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *kīkan. Cognate with English keek.
Pronunciation
Verb
keek (third-person singular simple present keeks, present participle keekin, simple past keeked, past participle keeked)
Related terms
- keeker: a black eye
Noun
keek (plural keeks)
Etymology 2
Uncertain. Possibly from the verb, due to the difficulty to see sideways from the cap.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
keek (plural keeks)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “keek, v., n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “keek, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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