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the smallest act of looking that somehow contains the most desire
means To take a quick or sneaky look at something, often through a small opening or before you're supposed to.
from From Middle English piken (also spelled peken), meaning to look quickly or peer. Its early life is tangled with peek's near-twin peep, and the two have long traded glances and spellings; the deeper root before Middle English is uncertain. It also sits in a family of words like peer and pry, all describing the same furtive lean toward something half-hidden.
- old root
- From medieval 'piken,' to glance furtively or pry
- peekaboo
- Teaches babies objects exist when unseen
- sneak vs peek
- Peek looks; peak rises; pique annoys
- data world
- A peek reads without removing from the stack
peekaboo — children's game where face is hidden and revealed, dating back to at least the 1800s
peek-a-boo plants — monstera deliciosa with characteristic holes in leaves, native to mexico
peek island — named island in antarctica's adelie coast