deekn.
/diːk/, U.S. /dik/, Scottish English /dik/ Scottish and English regional (north-eastern).
A look; a peep. Cf. deek v.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun]
eie wurpc950
laitc1175
looka1200
lecha1250
sightc1275
insighta1375
blushc1390
castc1400
glentc1400
blenkc1440
regardc1450
ray1531
view1546
beam of sight1579
eye-beam1583
eyewink1591
blink1594
aspecta1616
benda1616
eyeshot1615
eye-casta1669
twire1676
ken1736
Magdalene-look1752
glimmering1759
deek1833
wink1847
deck1853
vision1855
pipe1865
skeg1876
dekko1894
screw1904
slant1911
gander1914
squiz1916
butcher's hook1934
butcher's1936
gawk1940
bo-peep1941
nose1976
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > peep or keek
peek1636
peep1730
pry1750
keeka1774
deek1833
skeet1844
toot1865
1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers iii. 33 Quo' I, stoppin' him short, an' takin' a better deek o' his gib.
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 109 Deek, a look at a person or thing, usually from a concealing or unobserved position.
1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting 4 Ah'd git hit fir fuckin back charges fi the shoap oan a video ah hudnae even goat a deek at.
2015 @mtvgeordieshore 1 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Buzzing for Geordie Shore 11? Have a deek behind the scenes as the gang go wild in Greece.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
deekv.
/diːk/, U.S. /dik/, Scottish English /dik/α. 1700s– deek, 2000s– deak, 2000s– deke.
β. 1800s– dick.
Scottish and English regional (north-eastern).
transitive. To see (a person or thing); to look at, observe. Also intransitive: to look, peep.In quot. 1873 in a Romani context.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
to see with (also at) eyeOE
yseeOE
bihowec1000
ofseeOE
thorough-seeOE
beholdc1175
bihedec1275
heedc1275
witec1320
conceivea1398
observe1560
view?1570
eye1582
oculate1609
survey1615
snilch1676
deek1825
peep1954
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look at or behold
to look to ——eOE
showeOE
lookeOE
lookOE
behold971
beseec1000
seeOE
to see on ——OE
yseeOE
yseeOE
belookc1175
to look against ——c1225
to lay eyes onc1230
biwaita1250
holde1303
aseea1325
to see upon ——a1350
rewardc1350
to look of ——?c1400
eyea1425
visage1450
aviewa1513
gove1513
regard1523
to look unto ——1545
respect1567
survise1600
aspect1610
reflect1611
inspeculate1694
spectate1709
to look for ——1786
deek1825
lookit1908
lamp1916
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > watch or observe
keepc1000
overseeOE
waitc1300
advisec1325
awaita1375
to wait on ——c1384
markc1400
contemplec1429
to keep (also have) an (or one's) eye on (also upon)a1450
to look straitly to?c1450
to wait after ——c1460
vizy1488
contemplatea1533
vise1551
pry?1553
observe1567
eye1592
over-eye?1592
watch1600
outwatch1607
spell1633
superintend1654
under-watch1654
tent1721
evigilate1727
twig1764
stag1796
eye-serve1800
spy1806
deek1825
screw1905
clock1911
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Deek, to spy out, to descry.
1832 R. D. C. Brown Hist. Scotish Village & Other Pastorals V. 91 Slee Ægle deek'd her lover cumin'.
1873 C. G. Leland Eng. Gipsies & their Lang. ii. 35 I never dicked (saw) one [sc. a pipe] with so long a stem to it as yours.
1988 S. Robertson Exodus to Alford iii. 130 So as she wint intae the fruit trees, she deeked at a' the different kind o fruits an berries.
2013 @DanJamesGiles 31 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Thought I was being sneaky deeking a girl with my sunglasses on then I realised I kept turning my head to follow #dohhh.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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