What is "peeking"

Usage examples of "peeking".

Hamid-Jones felt out of place in his hastily thrown-on djellaba with the cuffs of his work trousers peeking out from under the hem.

She cleared the first landing, peeking around the cream-colored corner before continuing her ascent.

The rest of the gathering stood shoulder to shoulder in a circle around the spot, with even the children clasped in arms or peeking between legs eerily silent.

Looking up at the sky, his legs buckled under him and they both fell to the sand, finally giving way to oblivion-before either could see the sun peeking out from behind gray, retreating clouds.

Howard had visited them all, peeking into tiny mobile homes that after the first twenty minutes all looked the same.

Others gaped openly, their contents peeking out above the straps of the handles.

After peeking into a cupboard or two she stood in the center of the little kitchen and looked back through the door at the length of house between her and the front window.

But then why, peeking out the dormer window, did I see, on the morning after our second night in the attic, a tank rolling by our front lawn?