keek verb & noun.
[ki:k] Now only
Scot. &
north. Also (earlier)
kike.
LME.[Perh. rel. to Middle Dutch kīken, kieken (Dutch kijken), Low German kīken look, peep. Cf. also PEEK verb1 & noun1.]A. verb intrans. Peep, esp. surreptitiously as through a narrow opening, or round a corner. Formerly also, glance, gaze.
LME.■ A. Gray He keeked between the stems of sorrel..at the midden.b. noun. A peep, a surreptitious glance.
E17.
Comb.:
keeking-glass a looking-glass;
keek-keek interjection a call used in hide-and-seek.
■ keeker noun (a) a person who peeps;
spec. (b) an overseer or inspector in a coal-pit;
(c) in
pl., the eyes:
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