keek
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keek¹
- /kiːk/ UK
Rhymes with -iːk
Where it comes from
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 kieken (“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.
verb keeks · keeking · keeked
- To peek; peep. She was laid in my arms. Not able to sit up, I just keeked at her beautiful facie.
noun keeks
- A look, especially a quick one; a peek. "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.
Keek²
noun Keeks
- Clipping of Keekwulee
Talk about this word "keek." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/keek. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. keek. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/keek "keek." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/keek.Cite this
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title = {keek},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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