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:
“Ive stayed in the front yard all my life.
I want a peek at the back
Where its rough and untended and hungry weed grows.
A girl gets sick of a rose.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)