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peck1 /pek/ transitive verb- To strike or pick up with the point of the beak or other sharp instrument
- To make (a hole, etc), render or cause to be (damaged, pierced, etc) by a quick movement of the beak, etc
- To eat sparingly or with affectation of daintiness, or (slang) to eat in general
- To kiss in a quick or cursory manner or movement
intransitive verb- To strike or feed with the beak or in a similar manner
- To eat daintily or sparingly (with at)
- To nit-pick or quibble (with at)
- To nag or criticize (with at)
noun- An act of pecking
- A hole made by pecking
- A quick or cursory kiss
- Food (slang)
ORIGIN: Appar a form of pick1 peckˈer noun - That which pecks
- A woodpecker
- A kind of hoe
- A part with an up-and-down movement in a telegraph instrument
- Spirit, resolve, humour (as if orig beak, nose, as in keep your pecker up; informal)
- The penis (slang, orig US)
peckˈing noun peckˈish adjective - Somewhat hungry (informal)
- Irritable (US sl)
peckˈishness noun peckˈerwood noun (US) - A woodpecker
- A white person, esp one from the rural South (derogatory)
pecking order or peck order noun - A social order among poultry (or other birds) according to which any bird may peck a less important bird but must submit to being pecked by a more important one
- Order of prestige or power in a human social group
- Order of importance or prevalence
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