peck

Meanings

Verb

  • To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
  • To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
  • To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
  • To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
  • To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
  • To type by searching for each key individually.
  • To type in general.
  • To kiss briefly.
  • To throw.
  • To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.

Noun

Origin

  • From Middle English pecken, pekken, variant of Middle English piken, picken, pikken. More at pick.
  • Probably from Anglo-Norman pek, pekke, of uncertain origin.
  • Variant of pick.

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