noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
The act of secretly looking at something, often with a voyeuristic nuance. Can also be used more innocently for taking a quick look.
隣の部屋を覗きするのはやめなさい。
Stop peeping into the next room.
彼はドアの隙間から覗きをした。
He took a peep through the crack in the door.
noun
peep show; picture-viewing device
Abbreviation of 覗き機関. Refers to an old-fashioned device with a lens for viewing enlarged pictures, or a peep show.
See also: 覗き機関
縁日で覗きを楽しんだ。
I enjoyed the peep show at the festival.
noun
In Go, a move that places a stone before a connecting point, threatening to divide the opponent's stones. Usually written in katakana as ノゾキ.
ノゾキを打たれて、石が分断されそうになった。
After my opponent played a peep, my stones were about to be cut apart.
Rarely used kanji form.
Noun form of the verb 覗く (のぞく, 'to peek'). The Go usage is a specialized extension of the peeping metaphor.