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.

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