peak

adj

Etymology: From earlier peake, peek, peke, from Middle English pek (in place names), itself an alteration of pike, pyke, pyk (“a sharp point, pike”), from Old English pīc, piic (“a pike, needle, pin, peak, pinnacle”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz (“peak”). Cognate with Dutch piek (“pike, point, summit, peak”), Danish pik (“pike, peak”), Swedish pik (“pike, lance, point, peak”), Norwegian pik (“peak, summit”). More at pike.

1. At the greatest extent; maximum.

   “peak oil, Peak TV”

2. Maximal, quintessential, archetypical, strictly with positive connotations; representing the culmination of its type.

   “Knowing obscure 19th-century slang is peak nerd.”

3. Bad.

   “When they're tryna get the girl to the crib and she leaves, it's peak / Tryna keep it discreet and she tweets, it's peak / See me rolling with 20 man deep, it's peak / Yo rudeboy, pull up, repeat, it's peak”

   “Tempting, but I think it's actually something I need to do. Like, I get what they did was peak, but I have to take some responsibility, you know?”

4. Unlucky; unfortunate.

   “You didn't get a spot? That's peak.”

5. Very good or high-quality.

   “That movie last night was so peak.”

name

Etymology: * As an English surname, from several placenames in England derived from the noun peak or its source. * Also as an English surname, shortened from Peacock. * As an Irish surname, shortened from McPeak.

1. A surname.

noun

1. Alternative form of peag (“wampum”).

verb

1. Misspelling of pique.