† pecketv.

Forms: 1800s pecketing (present participle), 1800s pecketting (present participle).

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: peck v.¹

Etymology: Apparently an extended form of peck v.¹ with a frequentative ending -et, perhaps after French verbs in -eter (especially becqueter to peck at (1223 in Old French as participle biquetant ) < becquer (see beak v.) + -eter , verbal suffix), or perhaps after French picoter (see picotee n.).

Obsolete.

transitive and intransitive. To peck repeatedly; to continue pecking.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > peck > repeatedly

pecket1862

the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [verb (transitive)] > peck > slightly or repeatedly

peckle1810

pecket1862

1862 A. I. Thackeray in Cornhill Mag. Oct. 490 Empty stables, with chickens pecketting in the sun.

1866 Village on Cliff ix Cocks and hens are pecketing the fallen grains.

1893 Macmillan's Mag. July 193/1 Her birds are pecketing in their cage.

Derivatives

† pecketing n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1894 National Rev. Oct. 280 Equally fatal would have been the pecketing of poultry and the nibbling of goats.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pecket
释义	† pecketv. Forms: 1800s pecketing (present participle), 1800s pecketting (present participle). Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: peck v.¹ Etymology: Apparently an extended form of peck v.¹ with a frequentative ending -et, perhaps after French verbs in -eter (especially becqueter to peck at (1223 in Old French as participle biquetant ) < becquer (see beak v.) + -eter , verbal suffix), or perhaps after French picoter (see picotee n.). Obsolete. transitive and intransitive. To peck repeatedly; to continue pecking. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > peck > repeatedly pecket1862 the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [verb (transitive)] > peck > slightly or repeatedly peckle1810 pecket1862 1862 A. I. Thackeray in Cornhill Mag. Oct. 490 Empty stables, with chickens pecketting in the sun. 1866 Village on Cliff ix Cocks and hens are pecketing the fallen grains. 1893 Macmillan's Mag. July 193/1 Her birds are pecketing in their cage. Derivatives † pecketing n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1894 National Rev. Oct. 280 Equally fatal would have been the pecketing of poultry and the nibbling of goats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1862
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