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Peeksy vs Peeks - What's the difference?

peeksy | peeks |

As a noun peeksy

is {{cx|childish|lang=en}} A peek; a quick look.

As a verb peeks is

third-person singular of peek.

peeksy

English

Noun

(peeksies)
  • A peek; a quick look.
  • * 1971 , Christopher Ford, Christopher's craft (page 61)
  • No more looksies or peeksies ; he was boiling hot and he didn't care who knew it.
  • * 2008 , Davis Schneiderman, Dis (page 47)
  • Take a peeksy around this Colossal theatre. You will no doubt notice that most of your comrades, your fellow patrons of the curious, have disappeared.
  • * 2009 , ?Barbara Broome Semans, Letitia Broome Schwarz, John Broome and Rebecca Lloyd Vol. II
  • Shaun decided to give it a try for the summer; $12.95 an hour ain't bad whatever it is, certainly worth a peeksy .

    peeks

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (peek)
  • Anagrams

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    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.

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • Anagrams

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