keek

chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for keek
Verb
  • And there, peeping through the trees, stood a solitary floodlight pylon.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Just peep Gracie Abrams’ disappearing-lip at the recent Grammy Awards or Tinashe’s go-to Y2K-lip to get the drift.
    Violeta Valdés, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For viewers eager to better understand the rituals and stakes involved, Conclave offers a timely, if fictionalized, glimpse behind the curtains of papal power.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Additional spectators watched along the sidelines in hopes of glimpsing the series’ stars.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Orange indicates starlight peeking through the dust: bluer wavelengths are blocked by dust, leaving only the redder light to shine through.
    Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Because Shakespeare’s characters typically wrestle with agency, Parent’s production is playful in new ways — fate doesn’t have to dictate outcome, expectations can be defied, tragedy can peek out from behind comedy.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Keek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keek. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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