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Pecking

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pecking"

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Word	Definition
peck atverb	(transitive) To eat unenthusiastically and in small bites.
beaknoun	(anatomy) A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.
flocknoun	A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
batchnoun	The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
potnoun	A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
hatfulnoun	(colloquial) A large amount or number.
stacknoun	(heading) A pile.
nagnoun	(ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
pickverb	A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
wadnoun	An amorphous, compact mass.
smacknoun	A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
spatenoun	(countable, figurative) A sudden increase or rush of something; a flood, an outburst, an outpouring.
hen-peckverb	Alternative form of henpeck. [(chiefly by a wife) To nag persistently.]
pick atverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To touch, grab, handle, or pull tentatively or gingerly, using a utensil or one's fingers.
slewnoun	A large amount.
heapnoun	A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
messnoun	a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
pilenoun	A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
micklenoun	(archaic, now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, especially Northumbria) (Very) great or large.
raftnoun	A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.