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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Origin: | Perhaps from Dutch kieken 'to look' |
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peek
[intransitive]
[intransitive]1 to look quickly at something, or to look at something from behind something else, especially something that you are not supposed to see [↪ peep]Shut your eyes and don't peek!
peek at/through/into etc Carefully he peeked through the glass window in the door. Paula opened the box and peeked inside.
Carefully he peeked through the glass window in the door.Paula opened the box and peeked inside.Shut your eyes and don't peek!2 [always + adverb/preposition] if something peeks from somewhere, you can just see a small amount of it : The moon peeked out from behind the clouds.
The moon peeked out from behind the clouds.