keek

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-Germanic *kīkaną (“to look”). Cognate with Dutch kijken (“to look”), German Low German kieken (“to look”), Estonian kiikama (“to look, to peek”), German kucken, gucken (“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.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kiːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk

keek (third-person singular simple present keeks, present participle keeking, simple past and past participle keeked)

1. To peek; peep.

   The man keeked over the fence.

keek (plural keeks)

1. A look, especially a quick one; a peek.

   She had a keek at the boy seated behind her who was busily writing something.

• look
• peek
• peep

• “keek” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “keek” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

keek

1. hedged

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• Rhymes: -eːk
• IPA^(key): /keːk/

keek

1. singular past indicative of kijken

• keke

Possibly from Middle English kiken.

keek (third-person singular present keeks, present participle keekin, past keeked, past participle keeked)

1. To have a quick look or peek.
2. To tilt or lean back.

• keeker: a black eye

keek (plural keeks)

1. A quick look or peek.

keek (plural keeks)

1. A cap made of linen worn around the head and neck.

• “keek” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.