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Peck

noun
/pɛk/
Word Frequency: 2.1

Definitions

1.nounAn act of striking with a beak.
2.nounA small kiss.
3.verbTo strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
"The birds pecked at their food."
4.verbTo form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
"to peck a hole in a tree"
5.verbTo strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
6.verbTo seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
7.verbTo do something in small, intermittent pieces.
"He has been pecking away at that project for some time now."
8.verbTo type by searching for each key individually.
9.verbTo type in general.
10.verbTo kiss briefly.

Synonyms

peck atbeakflockbatchpothatfulstacknagpickwadsmackspate

Rhymes With

checkwreckspeckgeckdeckroughneckpain in the neckwhelk
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