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Peck

/pɛk/

An act of striking with a beak.

📖 Definitions of "Peck"

noun
  1. 1

    An act of striking with a beak.

  2. 2

    A small kiss.

verb
  1. 1

    To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).

    "The birds pecked at their food."

  2. 2

    To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.

    "to peck a hole in a tree"

  3. 3

    To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.

  4. 4

    To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.

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