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peck

/pɛk/

noun

Meaning

  • An act of striking with a beak.

  • A small kiss.

verb

Meaning

  • 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."

  • To type by searching for each key individually.

  • To type in general.

  • To kiss briefly.