peck
Signification (English)
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- To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
- To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
- 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.
- To type by searching for each key individually.
- To type in general.
- To kiss briefly.
Concepts
Synonyms
great number
hen-peck
quite a little
good deal
tidy sum
poke at
scratch off
snap at
eat little by little
gradually do something
peck up
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/pɛk/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English pecken, pekken, variant of Middle English piken, picken, pikken (“to pick, use a pointed implement”). More at pick.
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