peering

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of peer. Use this form for the looking that is happening right now.

   She was peering through the window to see who was outside.

   The cat kept peering into the dark hole under the porch.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The act of looking hard at something, or looking around to see what is there.

   Her nervous peering through the curtains gave away her worry.

   After much peering into the dim cellar, he found the light switch.

   Similarscrutiny, staring, squinting

3. 3
   noununcountable

   When two networks agree to pass each other's internet traffic, usually for free.

   Like two neighbors agreeing to pass along each other's mail for free.

   The two companies set up peering to share traffic at no cost.

   Their peering agreement let data flow between the networks for free.

   Oppositetransit

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