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    peaky
    /ˈpiːki/

    adjective

    • 1. having or resembling a peak or peaks: "beat the cream until soft and peaky"

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  3. The meaning of PEAKY is peaked. How to use peaky in a sentence.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Definition of 'peaky' Word Frequency. peaky in British English. (ˈpiːkɪ ) adjective Word forms: -kier, -kiest. wan, emaciated, or sickly. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C16: of uncertain origin. Word Frequency. peaky in American English. (ˈpiki ) adjective. having a wan or sickly appearance.

  8. Definition of peaky adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. Definitions of peaky. adjective. 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.

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