Definitions for apeak

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apeak a·peak

Spelling: [uh-peek]

IPA: /əˈpik/

Apeak is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in apeak (aaekp).

Definitions for apeak

adverb

1. vertically.

adjective

1. more or less vertical.
2. (of a dropped anchor) as nearly vertical as possible without being free of the bottom.
3. (of an anchored vessel) having the anchor cable as nearly vertical as possible without freeing the anchor.

Origin of apeak

First recorded in 1590-1600; a-¹ + peak¹

Examples for apeak

Their anchors were apeak, and they were ready to get under way at a moment's notice.

The men at once threw their oars “apeak,” as they say; that is, raised them straight up in the air, and waited for further orders.

Both parties appeared for some seconds as if spellbound, and the oars on both rafts were for a while held “apeak.”

Never was sail made on the Osprey more quickly, and by the time that the anchor was apeak all the lower sails were set.

apeak, when the cable is hove taut, so as to bring the vessel nearly over the anchor.