turkey peek/peeking

[Benjamin Zimmer]

New Marine slang?

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http://www.slate.com/id/2142009/entry/2142012/
Slate, May 24, 2006
"They're behind us, turkey-peeking around the corner!" the Marine shouted.
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Time, May 29, 2006
http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1196401,00.html
Insurgents bob their heads out of homes to catch a glimpse of the
Marines -- "turkey peeking," as the troops call it -- a sign that they
are preparing to attack.
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AP, June 5, 2006
http://www.thestate.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/14746130.htm
Sometimes suspected insurgents will pop their heads around corners to
get a glimpse of U.S. forces, a tactic Marines call "turkey peeking"
that often prefaces a burst of insurgent gunfire.
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Third Way Dispatch, July 12, 2006
http://dispatch.third-way.com/articles/2006/07/12/third-way-in-iraq-14-a-message-from-the-captain
Remember, they liked to stick their heads out around corners to locate
our positions before attacking us, we called it the turkey peek.
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AP, July 29, 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-07-29-iraq-sniper_x.htm
Sometimes individual gunmen attack, other times dozens. Once Wilson
shot an insurgent who was "turkey peeking" -- Marine slang for
stealing glances at U.S. positions from behind a corner.
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--Ben Zimmer

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