peaky
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 5
/ˈpiːki/
Definition of peaky
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Sickly; peaked.
“Her appetite did not improve, however, and she looked very thin and peaky.”
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adj
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Sickly; peaked.
“Her appetite did not improve, however, and she looked very thin and peaky.”
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Characterised by peaks.
“Or over hills with peaky tops engrail'd, / And many a tract of palm and rice, / The throne of Indian Cama slowly sail'd / A summer fann'd with spice.”
“A wide spread of possible outcomes will give a relatively flat distribution and so indicate a risky project. A narrow spread of results will give a very peaky graph and indicate a low risk project.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From peak + -y.
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