Keek
/kiːk/noun
To peep or look furtively, especially in Scots and northern English usage.
Did you know?Keek is chiefly Scots, where it appears in expressions such as “keek through,” carrying the old-fashioned atmosphere of covert observation rather than open looking.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic (possibly)
PGmc
*kīk-
“A reconstructed sound-symbolic root associated with peering or looking; the reconstruction is uncertain.”
Old Norse
Old Norse
kika
“To peep or peer.”
Middle English
Middle English
kiken / kyken
“To peep or look.”
15th Century
Scots
keek
“To peep, glance, or look furtively.”
Modern English
English
keek
“To peep or take a furtive look, chiefly in Scots and northern dialects.”