keek

Definition of keeknext
chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for keek
Verb
  • While you’re holed up in your new lodgings, enjoy a blissful soak under the rainfall showerhead or take in the view from the glass wall in the bedroom that offers an unobscured view during leaf-peeping season and beyond.
    Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The drive is a major leaf-peeping favorite every autumn, taking travelers through Virginia and North Carolina, connecting Shenandoah National Park with Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
    Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • For those staying down in the Treasure Valley this week, the best chance for glimpsing some snow will be Wednesday night into Thursday morning, David Groenert, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told the Idaho Statesman.
    Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The king of the tribe, barely glimpsed under a hooded headdress, observes the appalling spectacle from a dais, as the ladies of his court—identically dressed in white skirts and ceremonial belts—are gathered at his side.
    James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The area was badly burned, but still Simpson noticed green sprouts peeking out of the ashy soil and from the branches of trees that the average passerby might assume were dead.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The barrage of sounds and effects is so overstimulating that trying to suss out whatever occasional folk signifiers peek through (a gamelan here, a pan-flute there) can leave you with egg on your face.
    H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Keek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keek. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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