'Peaking' definitions:
Definition of 'Peaking'
From: GCIDE
- Peaking \Peak"ing\ (p[=e]k"[i^]ng), a.
- 1. Mean; sneaking. [Vulgar] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Pining; sickly; peakish. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Peaking'
From: GCIDE
- Peak \Peak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peaked (p[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Peaking.]
- 1. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak. [1913 Webster]
- There peaketh up a mighty high mount. --Holand. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: To achieve a maximum of numerical value, intensity of activity, popularity, or other characteristic, followed by a decline; as, the stock market peaked in January; his performance as a pitcher peaked in 1990; sales of the XTX model peaked at 20,000 per year. [PJC]
- 3. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly. "Dwindle, peak, and pine." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. [Cf. Peek.] To pry; to peep slyly. [archaic] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch. [1913 Webster]