verb🔗ShareつつくTo strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird)."The birds pecked at their food."鳥たちは食べ物を突ついた。animalbirdactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareつつく, 突くTo form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument."to peck a hole in a tree"木に穴を突く。animalactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareつつく, 啄むTo strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements."The chicken was pecking at the ground, searching for seeds. "鶏は種を探して地面をつついていた。animalbirdactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareつつくTo seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up."The chickens were pecking up the scattered seeds in the yard. "鶏たちは庭に散らばった種をつついていた。animalbirdactionfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareつつくTo do something in small, intermittent pieces."He has been pecking away at that project for some time now."彼はしばらくの間、そのプロジェクトをつついています。actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share一つずつキーを探してタイプするTo type by searching for each key individually."He was pecking at the keyboard, slowly typing his report. "彼はキーボードを一つずつキーを探してタイプし、ゆっくりとレポートを書いていた。technologycomputingcommunicationwritingmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareタイプする, 入力するTo type in general."She was pecking away at her keyboard, trying to finish her essay before the deadline. "彼女は締め切り前にエッセイを終わらせようと、キーボードをタイプしていました。computingtechnologyinternetcommunicationwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share軽くキスするTo kiss briefly."She gave her son a quick pecking kiss on the cheek before he left for school. "彼女は息子が学校に行く前に、頬に軽くキスをした。actionhumanfamilyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share投げるTo throw."He was pecking stones at the lake, trying to make them skip. "彼は湖に石を投げて、水切りをさせようとしていた。actionsportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareつまずく, よろけるTo lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot."The tired horse was pecking at the ground as it walked slowly down the dusty road, nearly tripping with each step. "疲れた馬は、埃っぽい道をゆっくりと歩きながら地面につまずき、一歩ごとにほとんどよろめいていた。animalactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareつつくことThe act by which something is pecked."the peckings of hungry chickens"空腹の鶏のつつきanimalactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share石を道具、容器、または芸術作品に成形する古代の技術The ancient skill of shaping stone into tools, containers, or artworks."Archaeologists study ancient sites to understand the pecking used to create the stone tools. "考古学者は、石器を作るために使用された石を成形する古代の技術を理解するために、古代の遺跡を研究しています。archaeologyarthistorymaterialbuildingtraditionworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share鳥に小石を投げるスポーツThe sport of throwing pebbles at birds."The old photograph showed boys engaged in pecking, a cruel activity now thankfully discouraged. "古い写真には、今は幸いにも推奨されなくなった残酷な行為である、鳥に小石を投げるスポーツに興じる少年たちが写っていました。sportanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading