PECK
/pɛk/
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Definition
/pɛk/
noun
- An act of striking with a beak.
- A small kiss.
verb
- To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).“The birds pecked at their food.”
- To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.“to peck a hole in a tree”
- To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
- To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
- To do something in small, intermittent pieces.“He has been pecking away at that project for some time now.”
Source: Wiktionary
