adj
Meaning 1
Sickly; peaked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
peaky
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/ˈpiːki/
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rhymes with -iːki
adj
Meaning 2
Characterised by peaks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
having or as if having especially high-pitched spots
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spiky
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From peak + -y.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: отслабнал (otslabnal) — sickly
- Czech: bledý — sickly
- Czech: neduživý — sickly
- Czech: nemocný — sickly
- Dutch: ziekelijk — sickly
- Polish: blady — sickly
- Polish: mizerny — sickly
- Polish: zmarniały — sickly
- Russian: измождённый (izmoždjónnyj) — sickly