Peek

The term Peek or PEEK can mean more than one thing, depending on context:

  • peek   

–verb (used without object) 1.to look or glance quickly or furtively, especially through a small opening or from a concealed location; peep; peer. –noun 2.a quick or furtive look or glance; peep. Origin: 1325–75; Middle English piken (v.); perhaps dissimilated variant of kiken to keek —Can be confused:  peak, peek, pique, piqué. —Synonyms 1. See peep1 .

  • PEEK and POKE, the low-level commands of the BASIC programming language
  • PEEK (polyether ether ketone), the family of thermoplastic resins
  • People with the surname Peek:
    • Antwan Peek, American footballer
    • Ben Peek, author
    • Bertrand Meigh Peek, astronomer
    • Burton Peek, former President of Deere & Company
    • Dan Peek, musician
    • Kim Peek (1951–2009), American savant
    • Paul Peek, musician
    • Paul Peek (politician)
    • Tina Peek, rock music journalist for The Big Rock Show on modern rock public radio station The X KXRX
  • Peek Inc., "Genius Cloud" platform with push mail, messenger, social on mass-market phones
  • Peek, an ADABAS/NATURAL utility

Famous quotes containing the word peek:

    I’ve stayed in the front yard all my life.
    I want a peek at the back
    Where it’s rough and untended and hungry weed grows.
    A girl gets sick of a rose.
    Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)