Synonyms for peeking
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : peek |
| Phonetic Transcription : pik |
Top 10 synonyms for peeking Other synonyms for the word peeking
Définition of peeking
Origin :- late 14c., piken "look quickly and slyly," of unknown origin. The words peek, keek, and peep all were used with more or less the same meaning 14c.-15c.; perhaps the ultimate source was Middle Dutch kieken. Related: Peeked; peeking.
- verb sneak a look
- verb glimpse
- Mebbe he's seen us peeking out and thinks it's time he sheered off?
- Extract from : « Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys » by Silas K. Boone
- We often see her peeking through a crack in the door when Janchu is naughty.
- Extract from : « Trapped in 'Black Russia' » by Ruth Pierce
- You go away and let me do the peeking and listening for you around these parts.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- And before daylight half of the town was peeking in through the windows at us.
- Extract from : « Flash-lights from the Seven Seas » by William L. Stidger
- “That should cure us of peeking into windows,” Brad lectured Babe.
- Extract from : « Dan Carter and the Money Box » by Mildred A. Wirt
- Had he, by any chance, seen him peeking in at the window, through the lilac-bushes?
- Extract from : « Cursed » by George Allan England
- And I've got my mind set on peeking through a first-class tube.
- Extract from : « Darkness and Dawn » by George Allan England
- Now, who was that peeking at me around the corner of that bunk house?
- Extract from : « The Broncho Rider Boys on the Wyoming Trail » by Frank Fowler
- In other words, you want to know why I was peeking into your window at this time of the day!
- Extract from : « Hope Hathaway » by Frances Parker
- Therefore he listened, peeking around the doorway of his dark room.
- Extract from : « The Copy-Cat and Other Stories » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Antonyms for peeking
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