Keek definition

kēk

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To peek; peep.

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A look, especially a quick one; a peek.

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(scot., north eng.) To peep; spy.

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The man keeked over the fence.

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A look, especially a quick one; a peek.

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keek

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Origin of keek

Middle English kiken, keken perhaps from Middle Dutch kiken

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English kyken, kiken, keken (“to look, peep”), possibly from Middle Dutch kieken or Middle Low German kīken (“to look, peep”), from Old Saxon *kīkan (“to look”), from Proto-Germanic *kīkaną (“to look”). Cognate with Dutch kijken (“to look”), Low German kīken (“to look”), German kucken, gucken (“to look”), Danish kigge, kikke (“to look, peep”), Swedish kika (“to peep, peek, keek, pry”), Icelandic kikja (“to look, check”). Perhaps related to kick.

From Wiktionary
The words peek, keek and peep were used more or less synonymously in the 14th and 15th centuries.

From Wiktionary