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Definition of Peaky
1. Adjective. Having or as if having especially high-pitched spots. "Absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass"
Definition of Peaky
1. a. Having a peak or peaks.
Definition of Peaky
1. Adjective. Sickly; peaked. ¹
2. Adjective. Characterised by peaks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peaky
1. sickly [adj PEAKIER, PEAKIEST] - See also: sickly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peaky
Literary usage of Peaky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"(having peaks; peaked, pointed, peak-like) 'pii-ki. peaky adj. sickly; puny [also
spelt peeky] 'pii-ki. peal я. (loud sound) piil. peal n. grilse; ..."
2. Reminiscences of Twenty-five Years' Yachting in Australia: An Essay on Manly by William Henry Bundey (1888)
"Bring smelting works chimney in peaky Hill, or slightly to the ... Bay flagstaff
is in peaky Hill; patch very email. ..."
3. The Play Way: An Essay in Educational Method by Henry Caldwell Cook (1917)
"One of the most remarkable was the case of old Mr. peaky, the railway official,
who spent a whole winter in the tunnel. On his being recovered in the early ..."
4. A Treatise on the Theory of Alternating Currents by Alexander Russell (1906)
"If both the component waves are peaky, then, as a rule, the shape of their
resultant is rounded when they are nearly in opposition, and peaky when they are ..."
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