Definition of peak

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Peak (v. i.) To pry; to peep slyly.

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Tonguy :: Tonguy (a.) Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker..
Spokeshave :: Spoken (a.) Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man..
Umbriere :: Umbriere (n.) In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak of a cap, to which a face guard was sometimes attached. This was sometimes fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet and could be raised like the beaver. Called also umber, and umbril..
Ineffable :: Ineffable (a.) Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven..
Knack :: Knack (v. i.) To speak affectedly.
Anacoenosis :: Anacoenosis (n.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.
Holder-forth :: Holder-forth (n.) One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher.
Pleonasm :: Pleonasm (n.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes..
Mussitation :: Mussitation (n.) A speaking in a low tone; mumbling.
Lisp :: Lisp (v. t.) To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason..
Irishism :: Irishism (n.) A mode of speaking peculiar to the Irish; an Hibernicism.
Thither :: Thither (a.) Being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther; -- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither side of the water..
Gesticulate :: Gesticulate (v. i.) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures..
Hypostasis :: Hypostasis (n.) Principle; an element; -- used by the alchemists in speaking of salt, sulphur, and mercury, which they considered as the three principles of all material bodies..
Cacology :: Cacology (n.) Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words.
Sensationalism :: Sensationalism (n.) The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel..
Peaky :: Peaky (a.) Sickly; peaked.
Dentiloquist :: Dentiloquist (n.) One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed..
Call :: Call (v. t.) To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name..
Mute :: Mute (n.) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause..
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