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- Dictionarypeaky/ˈpiːki/
adjective
- 1. having or resembling a peak or peaks: "beat the cream until soft and peaky"
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adjective. mainly UK informal uk / ˈpiː.ki / us / ˈpiː.ki / (US usually peaked) Add to word list. slightly ill, often looking pale: You look a bit peaky, love, are you all right? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not fit & healthy. be a shadow/shell of your former self idiom. be at death's door idiom. bed. clinically obese.
The meaning of PEAKY is peaked. How to use peaky in a sentence.
having or as if having especially high-pitched spots. “absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass”. synonyms: spiky. high, high-pitched. used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency.
wan, emaciated, or sickly. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C16: of uncertain origin. peaky in American English. (ˈpiki ) adjective. having a wan or sickly appearance. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
adjective. wan, emaciated, or sickly. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. Discover More. Other Words From. peak i·ly adverb. peak i·ness noun. Discover More. Word History and Origins.
peaky - having or as if having especially high-pitched spots; "absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass"
Definition of peaky adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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peaky. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Illness & disability pea‧ky /ˈpiːki/ adjective British English informal looking pale and ill SYN peaked American English He’s looking a bit peaky today.
Having a wan or sickly appearance. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Characterised by peaks. Wiktionary. Synonyms: spiky. Other Word Forms of Peaky. Adjective. Base Form: peaky. Comparative: peakier. Superlative: peakiest. Peaky Sentence Examples. She was fine on Sunday morning but looked a bit peaky, and after about four hours she died " .
