Peek Definition
 pēk 
  peeked, peeking, peeks
  
    verb
  
 
    peeked, peeking, peeks
  
To glance or look quickly and furtively, esp. through an opening or from behind something.
 Webster's New World 
To look or peer furtively, as from a place of concealment.
 American Heritage 
To be only partially visible, as if peering or emerging from hiding.
 Tiny crocuses peeked through the snow.
 American Heritage 
    noun
  
 
    peeks
  
Such a glance.
 Webster's New World 
A brief or furtive look.
 American Heritage 
    abbreviation
  
 Wiktionary 
Origin of Peek
Middle English piken perhaps alteration of Middle Dutch kieken variant of kīken
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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