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noun
1.
the pointed top of a mountain or ridge.
2.
a mountain with a pointed summit.
3.
the pointed top of anything.
4.
the highest or most important point or level: the peak of her political career.
5.
EXPANDthe maximum point, degree, or volume of anything: Oil prices reached their peak last year.
6.
a time of the day or year when traffic, use, demand, etc., is greatest and charges, fares, or the like are at the maximum: Early evening is the peak on commuter railroads.
7.
the higher fare, charges, etc., during such a period: If you fly during the Christmas holidays, you'll have to pay peak.
8.
Physics.
a.
the maximum value of a quantity during a specified time interval: a voltage peak.
b.
the maximum power consumed or produced by a unit or group of units in a stated period of time.
9.
a projecting point: the peak of a man's beard.
11.
a projecting front piece, or visor, of a cap.
12.
Phonetics. nucleus (def. 8a).
13.
COLLAPSENautical.
a.
the contracted part of a ship's hull at the bow or the stern.
b.
the upper after corner of a sail that is extended by a gaff.
c.
the outer extremity of a gaff.
verb (used without object)
14.
to project in a peak.
15.
to attain a peak of activity, development, popularity, etc.: The artist peaked in the 1950s.
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Peaking
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
verb (used with object)
16.
Nautical. to raise the after end of (a yard, gaff, etc.) to or toward an angle above the horizontal.
adjective
17.
being at the point of maximum frequency, intensity, use, etc.; busiest or most active: Hotel rooms are most expensive during the peak travel seasons.
18.
constituting the highest or maximum level, volume, etc.; optimal; prime: a machine running at peak performance.
Origin:
1520–30; perhaps < Middle Low German pēk pick, pike
1520–30; perhaps < Middle Low German pēk pick, pike
Related forms
peak·less, adjective
peak·like, adjective
Synonyms
2, 4. pinnacle. 4. acme, zenith.
2, 4. pinnacle. 4. acme, zenith.
Antonyms
4. abyss, nadir.
4. abyss, nadir.
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Word Origin & History
peak
"pointed top," 1530, variant of pike (2) "sharp point." Meaning "top of a mountain" first recorded 1634, though pike was used in this sense c.1400. Figurative sense is 1784. Meaning "point formed by hair on the forehead" is from 1833. The verb is first recorded 1577, in sense of "to rise in a peak;"
EXPAND meaning "reach highest point" first recorded 1958. The Peak in Derbyshire is O.E. Peaclond, apparently a reference to elf-denizen Peac "Puck."
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