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Meaning of pecked

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

pecked

Pronunciation:/pɛkt/

verb

Definitions

  1. To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).

    Example: The birds pecked at their food.

  2. To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.

    Example: to peck a hole in a tree

  3. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.

  4. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.

verb

Definitions

  1. To throw.

  2. To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.