Green’s Dictionary of Slang

geek n.2

[Cornish dial. geek, to peer, to look intently]

(Aus.) a glance, a look.

[Aus]W.H. Downing Digger Dialects 25: geek (n. or vb.) — Look.
[Aus](con. WWI) A.G. Pretty Gloss. of Sl. [...] in the A.I.F. 1921–1924 (rev. t/s) n.p.: geek. Look.
[Aus]J. Hibberd White with Wire Wheels (1973) 156: Just get a geek at those lines, gentlemen.
[Ire]J. Morrow Confessions of Proinsias O’Toole 97: But just now I’d like you to tell me the name of thon unfortunate cratur over there and let me have a quick geek in your wee attaché case.
[Aus]J. Hibberd Memoirs of an Old Bastard 58: Would Madam like to have a geek at her first stump-jump plough?
[NZ]McGill Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 84: geek 1. A look. From Cornish geek, an intense look. ANZ from WWI.