Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peekable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: peek-able
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being peeked at or into.

Informal

adj

Of a stream or other sequence: from which the next value can be retrieved without advancing the pointer from its current position.

Example Sentences

"Her fourteen dollhouses range in sophistication from a child-made primitive (1887) to an electrified manse set on a low table and peekable from all sides."
"Peekable streams also have an internal record of their current position and can look ahead in the stream for information."

Etymology

From peek + -able.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: peek

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more peekable (comparative) most peekable (superlative)

Questions

What does peekable mean?: Capable of being peeked at or into.
Where does peekable come from?: From peek + -able.

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