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.