screen peek

verb

To look at another player's portion of a television screen during a competitive multiplayer game in which multiple players are sharing a screen.

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Meanings

verbscreen peek (third-person singular simple present screen peeks, present participle screen peeking, simple past and past participle screen peeked)

present singular third person screen peeks · participle present screen peeking · participle past screen peeked · past screen peeked · alternative screen-peek

  1. datedvideo gamesTo look at another player's portion of a television screen during a competitive multiplayer game in which multiple players are sharing a screen.

    […] screen peeking, "he grumbled , and Penny laughed out loud." It's not screen peeking! It's the same TV - right there in front of me!" "Still cheating." "Says who?" "My house , my rules."

    2023 December 6, Cynthia Gunderson, Called for Icing, Button Press
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    ... an outline. Bullet connected to head. The announcer boomed over the TV speakers that it was game over. “Yeah, buddy!” “What the hell, man! You screen-peeked again.” “No I didn't, bro. You just suck at Halo,” he Rage Quit.

    2022 May 31, Cody Caetano, Half-Bads in White Regalia: A Memoir, Penguin, →ISBN
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APA

screen peek. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screen%20peek

MLA

“screen peek.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screen%20peek. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screen peek,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screen%20peek.

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