Found 1 hit - Term: to peck at, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
peck \peck\, v. i.
1. to make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed
instrument. --carew.
1913 webster
2. to pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
1913 webster
the hen went pecking by his side. --dryden.
1913 webster
to peck at,
a to attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at;
to nag; to tease.
a to eat slowly and in small portions, with litle
interest; as, to peck at one's food.
1913 webster
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to peck at
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