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keek (iou)



keek verb & noun. [ki:k] Now only Scot. & north. Also (earlier) kike. LME.
[Perh. rel. to Middle Dutch kiken, kieken (Dutch kijken), Low German kiken look, peep. Cf. also PEEK verb1 & noun1.]
A. verb intrans. Peep, esp. surreptitiously as through a narrow opening, or round a corner. Formerly also, glance, gaze. LME.
A. Gray He keeked between the stems of sorrel..at the midden.
b. noun. A peep, a surreptitious glance. E17.
Comb.: keeking-glass a looking-glass; keek-keek interjection a call used in hide-and-seek.
keeker noun (a) a person who peeps; spec. (b) an overseer or inspector in a coal-pit; (c) in pl., the eyes: E19.