peak

IPA: pˈik

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
(geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
(geography) The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
(nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
(nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
(nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
(mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
A surname.
Alternative form of peag (“wampum”). [Wampum.]

(transitive, nautical) To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
(intransitive)
To reach a highest degree or maximum.
To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
(gender-critical) To cause to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views (ellipsis of peak trans).
(intransitive) To become sick or wan.
(intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
(intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.
Misspelling of pique. [(transitive)]

At the greatest extent; maximum.
(slang) Maximal, quintessential, archetypical; representing the culmination of its type.
(MLE) Bad.
(MLE) Unlucky; unfortunate.

Examples of "peak" in Sentences

"She was having what she calls her peak Web moment of recent weeks."
Every major Cascade (and Sierra) Mountain peak is an active but dormant volcano.
We must do the same thing for the term peak oil, but it will be more challenging.
The term "peak" is typically used to describe maximum achievable download speeds in ideal conditions.
The term peak hours refers to the hours that Zain's network will have a high number of concurrent calls.
While Maslow's theories are humanistic, they have a connection to religion and spiritual life in what he called "peak experiences," and what the religious world might call epiphanies -- moments of clarity or ecstasy when the enormity of the wonder of the physical world, harmony with others and relationship with the transcendent, with God, are felt in powerful, transformational ways.