as in glanced
to take a quick or hasty look
peek out the window and see if it's raining
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Recent Examples of peeked
In the background, white sand and turquoise water peeked out between the many palm trees.
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Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Suddenly the gobbler peeked out from behind the tree, let out a loud pert, and ran back over the ridge.
—Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
Gomez added a little extra length to the minidress with a pale blue and white striped bubble skirt, which peeked out below the hemline.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 3 Apr. 2026
For the occasion, my mother had put on her Balenciaga, a black dress with two wide shoulder straps, a firm bodice, a full skirt that ended a few inches above the ankles, and the illusion of an underskirt supplied by a band of taffeta ruffles, also black, that peeked out from beneath the hem.
—Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Employees peeked through a wrought-iron gate as former Noma head of fermentation Jason Ignacio White read a letter decrying Redzepi.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Some 100 feet below the ocean's surface, Stephen Hawking peeked through the circular porthole of a submarine and saw the brilliant blue tropical water.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
Our next view comes courtesy of Time and Date and was taken as a small crescent of the lunar disk peeked out around the massive sweep of our planet's umbral shadow late into the partial phase.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Bess peeked over the counter and read the subtitle on the page.
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Suddenly the gobbler peeked out from behind the tree, let out a loud pert, and ran back over the ridge.
—Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
Gomez added a little extra length to the minidress with a pale blue and white striped bubble skirt, which peeked out below the hemline.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 3 Apr. 2026
For the occasion, my mother had put on her Balenciaga, a black dress with two wide shoulder straps, a firm bodice, a full skirt that ended a few inches above the ankles, and the illusion of an underskirt supplied by a band of taffeta ruffles, also black, that peeked out from beneath the hem.
—Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Employees peeked through a wrought-iron gate as former Noma head of fermentation Jason Ignacio White read a letter decrying Redzepi.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Some 100 feet below the ocean's surface, Stephen Hawking peeked through the circular porthole of a submarine and saw the brilliant blue tropical water.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
Our next view comes courtesy of Time and Date and was taken as a small crescent of the lunar disk peeked out around the massive sweep of our planet's umbral shadow late into the partial phase.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Bess peeked over the counter and read the subtitle on the page.
—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peeked
glanced
Verb
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McDavid’s only goal was a somewhat fluky power-play tally that glanced off defenseman Pavel Mintyukov’s stick.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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With the Mets playing their infield in, Johnston's sharp grounder in the seventh glanced off second baseman Marcus Semien's glove for a two-run single.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Peeked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peeked. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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