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Peeced vs Peeked - What's the difference?

peeced | peeked |

As verbs the difference between peeced and peeked

is that peeced is past tense of peece while peeked is past tense of peek.

peeced

English

Verb

(head)
  • (peece)

    • peece

    English

    Alternative forms

    * piece

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A fortress.
  • *1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), VII, xxix:
  • *:The Prince beheld the peece , which site and art / Impregnable had made on every part.

    • Verb

    (peec)
    • (Webster 1913)

    peeked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (peek)

    • peek

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l) (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) *, probably a fusion of peep and keek.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.
  • * 2012 , Rachel Kramer Bussel, Going Down: Oral Sex Stories (ISBN 1573447978):
    • A pale strip of white skin peeked out from under his waistband.
  • * 2012 , Michelle Monkou, If I Had You (ISBN 1459223284):
    • Her brown skin peeked through the empty gap in her clothing.
  • (computing) To retrieve (a value) from a memory address.
  • * 2006 , Gary Willoughby, PureBasic: A Beginner's Guide to Computer Programming (page 279)
    • We are peeking the value from the first index's memory location.

    Related terms

    * sneak peek

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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