peek
[verb]
Synonyms:
- glance, look, peep
[noun]
Synonyms:
- glance, glimpse, look, look-see (slang), peep

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

peek /piːk/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Perhaps from Dutch kieken 'to look']

1. to look quickly at something, or to look at something from behind something else, especially something that you are not supposed to see ⇒ peep
peek at/through/into etc
Carefully he peeked through the glass window in the door.
Paula opened the box and peeked inside.
Shut your eyes and don’t peek!

2. [always + adverb/preposition] if something peeks from somewhere, you can just see a small amount of it:
The moon peeked out from behind the clouds.
—peek noun [countable]:
Diane took a quick peek at herself in the mirror.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲