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Here is some info from the Oxford online dict: Sneak: adjective [attributive] acting or done surreptitiously, unofficially, or without warning: Peek: noun a quick or furtive look: she sneaked a peek at the map. So, since its a look, I would recommend using 'at' with it rather than 'on'.
I think sneak peep is understandable, but evidently the rules of collocation typically require the word peek, not peep after sneak. – A.P. Oct 21, 2015 at 10:17. @EmptyData - Well no, "sneak peep" isn't wrong, it's just not common. Just as "a sneaky quick and furtive look through a narrow opening" isn't a particularly common phrase...
70. The correct phrase I believe is "pique" my interest. At first glance this seems incorrect since the noun form of the word "pique" means "irritation and resentment stemming from a wounded ego". However, the verb form of this word has the meaning — "stimulate or excite" and that is the meaning used in the context of the sentences in question.
The original phrase, not what Jamie Dimon used, is about giving a sneak peek, opening and closing quickly, of something good. I think that what Jamie Dimon said is misused and trying to give the impression that they are totally open with the regulators, unfettered access. –
3. I am looking for a conventional antonym for peak hour. As far as I've seen, the term off-peak hours is used. Still, to me this means any hour that is not the peak hour, which is not necessarily the hour with the least clients or activity in a business. Here is an example sentence:
To crack means to make a crack, or opening, in something, which can be literal, like crack an egg, or figurative, like crack the books (which means study) or crack another bottle of scotch, which means to open a sealed bottle. The phrasal verb crack open means to open something sealed (like a door) a very small amount ("only a crack"), so that ...
To experience, undergo (a particular fortune or treatment); to receive (a particular reaction); = sense 2. † intr. To oppose, contend with (an error, objection, or malpractice), take precautions against (a danger); to provide for (an emergency). Also: to cope with (a person). Obs.
18. There really isn't much difference in meaning between "speak English" and "speak in English" from a practical point of view. However, the two phrases use a slightly different meaning of the verb "to speak". In the first the meaning is "be able to communicate in a language" such as "he speaks English fluently", in the second you are ...
At the turn of the century "to gumshoe" meant to sneak around quietly as if wearing gumshoes, either in order to rob or, conversely, to catch thieves. "Gumshoe man" was originally slang for a thief, but by about 1908 "gumshoe" usually meant a police detective, as it has ever since.
tattletale: someone who gossips indiscreetly. tattler: synonym of tattletale. taleteller: synonym of tattletale. telltale: synonym of tattletale. sneak: British Informal tattletale; informer. snitch: Also called snitcher; an informer. backbiter: one who speaks unfavorably or slanderously of a person who is not present.