keek

verb

Definition of keeknext
chiefly Scottish
as in to peep

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keek
  1. peep
  2. glimpse
  3. peek
Verb
  • Aspen Snowmass identifies September through mid-October as the valley’s primary leaf-peeping season, so early September is your best bet to beat the crowds.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026
  • As leaf-peeping season is set to begin, fall foliage will turn the canvas of Connecticut’s tree line into an array of red, orange and yellow leaves.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of peep
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  • First glimpsed in The Empire Strikes Back and heavily featured in Return of the Jedi are typical of the Empire; designed to instil fear, but laughably impractical.
    — Chris McMullen, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • But with the help of researchers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, paleontologists recently glimpsed Scotty’s rib and its remaining tissue in unprecedented detail.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of glimpse
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  • Better not to peek under one’s hood, lest one discover something wrong there.
    — Elissa Strauss, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Her signature flat-top hair peeked out from under a black headwrap and her blush highlighted razor-sharp cheekbones.
    — Lisa Whittington-Hill, Longreads, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of peek
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“Keek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keek. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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