peak vs peek vs pique
Definitions
noun
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- a V shape
- the most extreme possible amount or value
verb
- to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
Examples
Whether Mr. Johnson was speaking metaphorically or just plain sillily, the fact he was expressing concern over adding many US military personnel to a small island displays concern for the overall impact on the Guamites … Guamians … Guamicans, hell just what does one call a resident of Guam?
Tiny figures huddled in sweatshops, toiling in unspeakable conditions.
Another tomb of interest (and of which we will speak in extenso in the next instalment of this series) is the tomb of the Pope Clement II, the only pope to be buried north of the Alps. The statue, sculpted by the same (unknown) sculptor as the Horseman, was originally the slab of the tomb, which remains on the west choir, behind the cathedra:
Definitions
verb
- throw a glance at; take a brief look at
noun
- a secret look
Examples
Otherwise, knotholers, who named their vantage point after the knotholes in old wooden outfield fences through which fans could sneak peeks, enforce their own unwritten code of conduct.
I suppose I could sneak a peek at a friend's Kindle, but is that the same?
The child who is peeking around the corner of the chair is a little girl.
Definitions
verb
- cause to feel resentment or indignation
noun
- a sudden outburst of anger
- tightly woven fabric with raised cords
Examples
Squire Western, who, surrounded by piqueurs, and girt with the conventional cor de chasse of the Gallic sportsman, sings the following ariette, diversified with true
Such is a part of tire strange medley that is before and around me; and amidst them and the blue streams of smoke that are rising from the tops of these hundred "coal-pits," can be seen in distance, the green and boundless, treeless, bushless prairie; and on it, and contiguous to the piquet which encloses the village, a hundred scaffolds, on which their "dead live", as they term it.
Paige Craven, a sophomore at Souhegan, found out about the program via the intercom, and the idea piqued her interest.
