Peek
Meaning of Peek
To look quickly or secretly; a quick look.
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النظر خلسة أو الاختلاس النظر
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Peek in a sentence
Participants were told not to peek at the answers.
A sneak peek at the product built excitement.
A peek at sealed evidence is forbidden.
Pupils should not peek at others' tests.
Origin of Peek
Middle English piken, of uncertain origin.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, peek is not the same as peak or pique. GL teaches these homophones together.
Peek audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Peek" — a verb, pronounced /piːk/, with the stress on "peek", the single syllable.
Narrator: To peek is to look quickly, briefly or secretly at something, often from a hidden position.
Narrator: In plain English, it means to sneak a fast little look when you are not quite supposed to, or when you cannot wait.
Narrator: The word appeared in Middle English as piken, meaning to peer or glance, and has kept its small, furtive feel ever since.
Narrator: A common collocation is to peek through the curtains, which describes glancing out without being seen from the street.
Narrator: It differs from stare, because a stare is long, fixed and open, while a peek is short, quiet and usually hidden.
Narrator: As a noun it gives us a sneak peek, an early glimpse of a film, a product or a feature before its public release.
Narrator: Software design, marketing, publishing and user interface work all rely on the word, especially for preview screens and password reveal buttons.
Narrator: So remember: to peek is to take a quick, quiet look, and a sneak peek is a small taste of what is coming.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Why do we say sneak peek rather than sneak look?
Speaker B: Because PEEK, from Middle English piken, already carries that sense of a brief, half-hidden glance, so it fits a teaser perfectly.
Speaker A: So the secrecy is built into the word itself?
Speaker B: Exactly so, and that is why marketing teams adore it for early previews.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "She peeked around the door to see if the meeting had ended", meaning a quick hidden glance. "Tap the eye icon to peek at your password", meaning a brief reveal. "The studio released a sneak peek of the new season", meaning an early glimpse.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Do not confuse peek with peak, a mountain top, or pique, to provoke; a sneak peak is one of the most frequent spelling errors in English.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Glance is the polite cousin, glimpse is the near twin, and peep is the cheeky alternative, but peek keeps its playful, curtain-twitching charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "peek" in AI prompts — useful for building password reveal controls and designing product preview pages.
Speaker A: How does it apply to a login form?
Speaker B: Ask for the classic reveal toggle.
Prompt: Write an accessible password field in React with a peek button that briefly reveals the typed characters and announces the state change to screen readers.
Speaker A: And for marketing pages?
Speaker B: Use it for an early preview section.
Prompt: Generate responsive HTML and CSS for a sneak peek section that teases three upcoming features with images, short captions and a sign up call to action.
Speaker A: What about a data tool?
Speaker B: Let users peek at a file before loading it fully.
Prompt: Write a Python function that peeks at the first twenty rows of a large CSV file without loading the whole file into memory and prints a column summary.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Let's cover copy quality control.
Prompt: Scan our website copy for confusions between peek, peak and pique, and return each error with its sentence and a corrected version.
Frequently asked questions about Peek
What does Peek mean?
To look quickly or secretly; a quick look.
ما معنى كلمة Peek بالعربي؟
النظر خلسة أو الاختلاس النظر — 👀🔍 النظر خلسة أو الاختلاس النظر؛ نظرة سريعة أو خاطفة بحذر؛ الفضول الخفي الذي يدفع للنظر دون أن يُلاحظ أحد 👀🕵️
How do you pronounce Peek?
Peek is pronounced /piːk/ and is used as a verb / noun.
How is Peek used in a sentence?
Participants were told not to peek at the answers.
What are synonyms of Peek?
glance, peep, glimpse, sneak a look, squint, steal a look.