homophone, /'hɑmə,fon/
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trocheepeak: noun: the tip of a mountain
peek: noun: short look; verb: to take a short look
pique: noun: anger, frustration, irritation; verb, to stimulate, especially as in to pique s.o.'s interest, probably only distantly related to the nominal sense; (noun: apparently also a fabric and a way of inlaying tortoiseshell, though they may be pronounced /pike/ not /pik/, disqualifying them as homophones).
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marnanel:]
Peke: noun, slangy: a small yappy dog (from Pekinese)
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peek: verb, computer jargon: to read the value of a memory location directly
peek: noun: short look; verb: to take a short look
pique: noun: anger, frustration, irritation; verb, to stimulate, especially as in to pique s.o.'s interest, probably only distantly related to the nominal sense; (noun: apparently also a fabric and a way of inlaying tortoiseshell, though they may be pronounced /pike/ not /pik/, disqualifying them as homophones).
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marnanel:]Peke: noun, slangy: a small yappy dog (from Pekinese)
[update from
_dkg_:]peek: verb, computer jargon: to read the value of a memory location directly
