screen peek

English

Alternative forms

• screen-peak

Verb

screen peek (third-person singular simple present screen peeks, present participle screen peeking, simple past and past participle screen peeked)

1. (video games, dated) To look at another player's portion of a television screen during a competitive multiplayer game in which multiple players are sharing a screen.
   • 2022 May 31, Cody Caetano, Half-Bads in White Regalia: A Memoir, Penguin, →ISBN:

     ... an outline. Bullet connected to head. The announcer boomed over the TV speakers that it was game over. “Yeah, buddy!” “What the hell, man! You screen-peeked again.” “No I didn't, bro. You just suck at Halo,” he Rage Quit.

   • 2023 December 6, Cynthia Gunderson, Called for Icing, Button Press:

     […] screen peeking, "he grumbled , and Penny laughed out loud." It's not screen peeking! It's the same TV - right there in front of me!" "Still cheating." "Says who?" "My house , my rules."