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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.
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.
The meaning of PEAKY is peaked. How to use peaky in a sentence.
1. the pointed top of a mountain or hill. snow-covered peaks. pico, cumbre. 2. the highest, greatest, busiest etc point, time etc. He was at the peak of his career. cumbre, cúspide, apogeo. 3. the front part of a cap which shades the eyes. The boy wore a cap with a peak. visera. verb.
adjective. having a wan or sickly appearance. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word Frequency. peaky in American English. (ˈpiki) adjective Word forms: peakier, peakiest. peaked 2. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
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.
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 meaning, definition, what is peaky: looking pale and ill: Learn more.
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 " .
