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peak

/piːk/ adjective C2
  1. At the greatest extent; maximum. · peak oil, Peak TV
  2. Maximal, quintessential, archetypical, strictly with positive connotations; representing the culmination of its type. (slang) · Knowing obscure 19th-century slang is peak nerd.
  3. Bad.
  4. Unlucky; unfortunate. · You didn't get a spot? That's peak.
  5. Very good or high-quality. · That movie last night was so peak.
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The peak of Monte Cristo reddened by the burning sun, was seen against the azure sky.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 246 · C1
There was the sharp pinnacle of granite still cutting the lower edge of the moon, but its peak bore no trace of that silent and motionless figure.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 125 · C1
The town where she had formerly passed some years of her life, and where they were now to spend a few days, was probably as great an object of her curiosity as all the celebrated beauties of Matlock, Chatsworth, Dovedale, or the Peak.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 270 · B2

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