peek / pique / peak — To peek is to look quickly without someone knowing: The child peeked inside the gift. To pique is to arouse or provoke: Muriel s comment piqued Abner s curiosity. Pique can also be used as a noun meaning resentment : Sedgewick felt a bit of … Confused words
peek / pique / peak — To peek is to look quickly without someone knowing: The child peeked inside the gift. To pique is to arouse or provoke: Muriel s comment piqued Abner s curiosity. Pique can also be used as a noun meaning resentment : Sedgewick felt a bit of … Confused words
peak — peek, pique … American English homophones
Peek — The term Peek or PEEK can mean more than one thing, depending on context: peek –verb (used without object) 1.to look or glance quickly or furtively, especially through a small opening or from a concealed location; peep; peer. –noun 2.a quick… … Wikipedia
Peek — Peek, v. i. [OE. piken: cf. F. piquer to pierce, prick, E. pique. Cf. {Peak}.] To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
peek — peak, pique … American English homophones
pique — peak, peek … American English homophones
peak(s) — peek(s), pique(s) … English homophone dictionary
dem|i|pique — «DEHM ee PEEK», adjective, noun. –adj. (of a saddle) half peaked; having a peak of about half the height of that of the older war saddle. –n. a demipique saddle. ╂[< demi + peak1; spelling influenced by French pique pike, spear] … Useful english dictionary
Words with the same pronunciation — There are many words in English that are pronounced the same but spelled differently. The following pairs of words are explained at separate entries in this book because they are often confused: bass base, bear bare, born borne, break brake,… … Useful english dictionary
