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pecking

/ˈpɛkɪŋ/

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verb

Picken

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

Examples :

"The birds pecked at their food."

Die Vögel pickten an ihrem Futter.

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verb

Picken, hacken

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

Examples :

"to peck a hole in a tree"

Ein Loch in einen Baum picken.

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verb

Picken, hacken

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

Examples :

"The chicken was pecking at the ground, searching for seeds. "

Das Huhn pickte auf dem Boden nach Samen.

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verb

Picken, picken auf

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

Examples :

"The chickens were pecking up the scattered seeds in the yard. "

Die Hühner pickten die verstreuten Samen im Hof auf.

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verb

Hackend, pickend

To do something in small, intermittent pieces.

Examples :

"He has been pecking away at that project for some time now."

Er arbeitet schon seit einiger Zeit an diesem Projekt.

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verb

Mit einem Finger tippen, eintippen

To type by searching for each key individually.

Examples :

"He was pecking at the keyboard, slowly typing his report. "

Er tippte mit einem Finger auf der Tastatur und schrieb langsam seinen Bericht.

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verb

Tippen, schreiben

To type in general.

Examples :

"She was pecking away at her keyboard, trying to finish her essay before the deadline. "

Sie tippte eifrig auf ihrer Tastatur, um ihren Aufsatz vor der Frist fertigzustellen.

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verb

Küssen, flüchtig küssen

To kiss briefly.

Examples :

"She gave her son a quick pecking kiss on the cheek before he left for school. "

Sie gab ihrem Sohn einen schnellen Kuss auf die Wange, bevor er zur Schule ging.

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verb

Werfen, schleudern

Examples :

"He was pecking stones at the lake, trying to make them skip. "

Er warf Steine in den See und versuchte, sie übers Wasser springen zu lassen.

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verb

Taumeln, straucheln

To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.

Examples :

"The tired horse was pecking at the ground as it walked slowly down the dusty road, nearly tripping with each step. "

Das müde Pferd taumelte über den Boden, als es langsam die staubige Straße entlangging und bei jedem Schritt fast strauchelte.

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noun

Pickens, Picken

The act by which something is pecked.

Examples :

"the peckings of hungry chickens"

Das Picken der hungrigen Hühner

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noun

Die alte Kunst, Stein zu Werkzeugen, Behältern oder Kunstwerken zu formen

The ancient skill of shaping stone into tools, containers, or artworks.

Examples :

"Archaeologists study ancient sites to understand the pecking used to create the stone tools. "

Archäologen untersuchen antike Stätten, um die alte Kunst zu verstehen, die zur Herstellung der Steinwerkzeuge verwendet wurde.

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noun

Das Steinewerfen auf Vögel

The sport of throwing pebbles at birds.

Examples :

"The old photograph showed boys engaged in pecking, a cruel activity now thankfully discouraged. "

Das alte Foto zeigte Jungen beim Steinewerfen auf Vögel, eine grausame Aktivität, die jetzt glücklicherweise nicht mehr gefördert wird.