peek

Etymology 1

From Middle English *peken, piken, pyken (“to peep”), probably a fusion of Middle English pepen (“to peep”) and keken, kiken (“to keek, look, spy”), equivalent to a blend of peep + keek.

verb

1. (informal) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
2. (informal) To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
   A pale strip of white skin peeked out from under his waistband. 2012, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Going Down: Oral Sex Stories
   Her brown skin peeked through the empty gap in her clothing. 2012, Michelle Monkou, If I Had You
3. (computing, transitive, dated) To retrieve (a value) from a memory address.
   Coordinate term: poke
   We are peeking the value from the first index's memory location. 2006, Gary Willoughby, PureBasic: A Beginner's Guide to Computer Programming, page 279

noun

1. A quick glance or look.

Etymology 2

noun

1. Misspelling of pique.