Synonyms for peaking
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : peek |
| Phonetic Transcription : pik |
Définition of peaking
Origin :- "pointed top," 1520s, variant of pike (n.4) "sharp point." Meaning "top of a mountain" first recorded 1630s, though pike was used in this sense c.1400. Figurative sense is 1784. Meaning "point formed by hair on the forehead" is from 1833. According to OED, The Peak in Derbyshire is older than the word for "mountaintop;" e.g. Old English Peaclond, for the district, Pecsaetan, for the people who settled there, Peaces ærs for Peak Cavern; sometimes said to be a reference to an elf-denizen Peac "Puck."
- verb reach highest point
- His dame, he says, is peaking, but Mary requires no assistance.
- Extract from : « Jacob Faithful » by Captain Frederick Marryat
- "Peaking" was strictly forbidden when the twins were engaged in Skull and Crossbones activities.
- Extract from : « Prudence of the Parsonage » by Ethel Hueston
Antonyms for peaking
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