Peaking

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Sickly; pining.
  • Sneaking; mean-spirited.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Mean; sneaking.
  • adjective. Pining; sickly; peakish.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of peak.
  • Word Usage
    "But we don't currently burn much natural gas for producing electricity - it's too expensive to use except in peaking plants."
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    mean  peakish  pining  sickly  sneaking  
    verb-stem
    peak