peaking
Hitting the top
Peaking describes reaching a highest point or maximum intensity.
Performance, popularity, or markets can be peaking: The housing market is peaking.
Someone peaking is at their best: She's peaking at just the right time for the championship.
In drug slang, peaking refers to experiencing the most intense phase of a high: I was peaking hard about two hours in.
Gradual increase in loudness
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- zenithPoint straight overhead
- culminationHighest or final point
- highpointMaximum achievement reached
apogee · finale · showdown · catharsis · payoff · turning point · breakthrough · epiphany
Peak or diplomatic gathering
- EverestTallest peak on Earth
- K2Earth's second-highest peak
- ascentUpward movement
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
expedition · alpinist · basecamp · crevasse · glacier · crampons · carabiner · belay
Most desirable outcome
- primeReadying for action
- bestHighest in quality
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
- personal bestOne's top performance
hitting stride · flow state · on fire · in the zone · firing on all cylinders · sharpest · strongest
Past one's peak
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- taperingProgressive decrease in width
plateauing · cresting · topping out · leveling off · downslope
Developing abilities through practice
- taperingProgressive decrease in width
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- race dayScheduled competition event
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
periodization · form · readiness · timing · preparation · coach · season · championship
crescendo
Gradual increase in loudness
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- zenithPoint straight overhead
- culminationHighest or final point
highpoint · apogee · finale · showdown · catharsis · payoff · turning point · breakthrough · epiphany · cliffhanger
summit
Peak or diplomatic gathering
altitude · expedition · alpinist · basecamp · crevasse · glacier · crampons · carabiner · belay · sherpa
optimal
Most desirable outcome
personal best · hitting stride · flow state · on fire · in the zone · firing on all cylinders · sharpest · strongest
over the hill
Past one's peak
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
tapering · plateauing · cresting · topping out · leveling off · downslope
training
Developing abilities through practice
- taperingProgressive decrease in width
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- race dayScheduled competition event
conditioning · periodization · form · readiness · timing · preparation · coach · season · championship · trials
peeking
Furtive quick looking
- glancingLooking briefly or obliquely
- glimpsingSeeing briefly, incompletely
- peeringStudying something with concentration
looking · spying · sneaking · watching · observing · noticing
- audio flawswrong note, missed note, clipping, distortion, hum
- cycling traininginterval training, training plans, intervals, endurance training, training plan
- wave termswave height, wavelength, crest, trough, swell
- rave cultureraves, MDMA, ecstasy, molly, glow sticks
- training phasesperiodization, recovery phase, transition phase, deload, taper
- peakssummit, mountaintop, pinnacle, apex, zenith
peakingbottoming out
Reaching the lowest level
dipping · declining · plummeting · falling · dropping
peakingstruggling
Experiencing serious difficulty
faltering · floundering · underperforming · deteriorating · fading
peakingsubsiding
Decreasing in intensity
dying down · tapering off · fizzling out · winding down · cooling off