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peek (v.)
late 14c.,
piken
"look quickly and slyly," of unknown origin. The words
peek, keek,
and
peep
all were used with more or less the same meaning 14c.-15c.; perhaps the ultimate source was Middle Dutch
kieken
. Related:
Peeked
;
peeking
.
peek (n.)
"a peek, glance," 1844, from
peek
(v.).