'Pecking' definitions:

Definition of 'Pecking'

From: GCIDE
  • Peck \Peck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pecked (p[e^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Pecking.] [See Pick, v.]
  • 1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree. [1913 Webster]

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