Pee vs Peek - What's the difference?
pee | peek |
(euphemistic, often, childish) urine
(intransitive, colloquial, often, childish) To urinate.
(colloquial) To drizzle.
(British, colloquial) Pence; penny (a quantity of money)
To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
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(computing) To retrieve (a value) from a memory address.
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As verbs the difference between pee and peek
is that pee is to urinate while peek is to look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.As a noun pee
is urine.As an acronym PEEK is
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English
Etymology 1
Spelling of the initial letter of (piss). Compare (eff).Noun
(-)Synonyms
* See alsoCoordinate terms
* pooVerb
- It's peeing with rain.
Synonyms
* (standard terms) make water, pass water, urinate, micturate * (euphemistic terms) wee, wee-wee * (vulgar slang terms) piss * See alsoCoordinate terms
* pooEtymology 2
See also
*Derived terms
* peejaysEtymology 3
Spelling of the initial letter of (pence).Noun
(pee)- I bought these carrots for fifty pee .
- I can't afford that — I'm one pee short.
Synonyms
* (plural) p, pence * (singular) p, pennyEtymology 4
See peak.Etymology 5
Alternative forms
* peaAnagrams
* ----peek
English
Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) *, probably a fusion of peep and keek.Verb
(en verb)- A pale strip of white skin peeked out from under his waistband.
- Her brown skin peeked through the empty gap in her clothing.
- We are peeking the value from the first index's memory location.