peaky

1. 1.

   having or as if having especially high-pitched spots

   “absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass”

   Synonymsspiky

   Similarhigh

Questions about peaky

What does peaky mean?

peaky means "having or as if having especially high-pitched spots".

How many syllables are in peaky?

peaky has 3 syllables and divides as pe-a-ky under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for peaky?

Close synonyms include spiky. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.