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Heebiejeebies Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

What does "the sun peaks over the horizon" mean?

Hello everyone,
What does "the sun peaks over the horizon" mean? It seems odd to me. Shouldn't it be "peeks" instead of "peaks"?[:^)]
Posted this question on "live chat" a while ago without thinking.  Sorry about that. Emotion: embarrassed
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Heebiejeebies Hello everyone, What does "the sun peaks over the horizon" mean? It seems odd to me. [:^)] Posted this question on "live chat" a while ago without thinking.

— Feebs11

  • Heebiejeebies Hello everyone, What does "the sun peaks over the horizon" mean?
  • It seems odd to me.
  • [:^)] Posted this question on "live chat" a while ago without thinking.
  • Sorry about that.
  • HJ Without more context, I agree that it looks like a typo,
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Heebiejeebies
Hello everyone,
What does "the sun peaks over the horizon" mean? It seems odd to me. Shouldn't it be "peeks" instead of "peaks"?[:^)]
Posted this question on "live chat" a while ago without thinking.  Sorry about that.
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Feebs11Without more context, I agree that it looks like a typo,
Hi Feebs11,

I did a Google search after I came across that phrase in the line below from a photo sharing website. The search proved inconclusive as a lot of people seem to be using "peeks" or "peaks" interchangeably.

"My favourite time of day for photography has always been
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Hi,

Definitely 'peeks'. It's probably just that people who write 'peaks' are not familiar with the word 'peeks', or at least are not good at spelling.

I'm just happy that they didn't write 'piques'.
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CliveHi,

Definitely 'peeks'. It's probably just that people who write 'peaks' are not familiar with the word 'peeks', or at least are not good at spelling.

I'm just happy that they didn't write 'piques'.
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CliveHi,

No.

Clive
Really? Googling for the phrase returns 1,720 results, many of them blogs and photo captions, but here's one interesting link from Illinois State Museum, which uses the phrase.

http://www.
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