keek-keekint.
/ˈkiːkkiːk/, U.S. /ˈkikˌkik/, Scottish English /ˈkikkik/ Scottish and northern dialect.
A call used by children in the game of hide-and-seek.
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a1568 Jok & Jynny 13 in Laing Anc. Poet. Scot. 358 ‘Te he’, quod Jynny, ‘keik, keik, I se ȝow’.
1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Keek-keek, the word used by children in playing hide-and-seek.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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