Peaky

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peaky \Peak"y\ (p[=e]k"[y^]), a.
     1. Having a peak or peaks. --Tennyson.
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     2. Sickly; peaked. [Colloq.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  peaky
       adj : having or as if having especially high-pitched spots;
             "absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass" [syn: {spiky}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "peaky":
     acicular, acuminate, acute, ailing, ashen, cuspidate, drained,
     drawn, emaciated, feeble, gaunt, haggard, hollow-eyed, ill, infirm,
     pale, pallid, pasty, peaked, peaking, pinched, sallow, sharp, sick,
     sickly, unhealthy, unwell, unwholesome, wan, washed out, wasted,
     waxen, weak, whey-faced