noun Download 🔗Share An act of striking with a beak. Examples : "The robin made a quick peck at the bird feeder. " animal action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small kiss. Examples : "She gave her son a quick peck on the cheek before he left for school. " communication action human family sensation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird). Examples : "The birds pecked at their food." animal bird action nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument. Examples : "to peck a hole in a tree" animal action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements. Examples : "The bird pecked at the crumbs on the table. " action animal bird Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up. Examples : "The chicken pecked up the seeds from the ground. " animal bird action food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To do something in small, intermittent pieces. Examples : "He has been pecking away at that project for some time now." action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To type by searching for each key individually. Examples : "My grandmother had to peck each letter slowly on the old typewriter to write her grocery list. " technology computing writing machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To type in general. Examples : "The student pecked out a quick email to his friend. " technology computing word writing communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To kiss briefly. Examples : "She gave her grandfather a quick peck on the cheek before running off to school. " action body communication human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts. Examples : "They picked a peck of wheat." amount unit Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. Examples : "She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten." amount Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To throw. Examples : "He would peck stones at the bullies to make them leave his little brother alone. " action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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 horse, startled by the loud noise, pecked forward, then stumbled and fell. " animal action vehicle Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects. Examples : "an occurrence of peck in rice" biology plant disease insect agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading