ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Peekable

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Peekable is an adjective meaning (informal) Capable of being peeked at or into.

Meaning

(informal) Capable of being peeked at or into.

More Meanings

  1. (computing) Of a stream or other sequence: from which the next value can be retrieved without advancing the pointer from its current position.

Example Sentences

Peekable streams also have an internal record of their current position and can look ahead in the stream for information.
Her fourteen dollhouses range in sophistication from a child-made primitive (1887) to an electrified manse set on a low table and peekable from all sides.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include glimpsable, glimpseable, snoopable, pervious, espiable, spottable.

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