pecking
Pronunciation:
/ˈpɛkɪŋ/verb
Definitions
To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
Example: The birds pecked at their food.
To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
Example: to peck a hole in a tree
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.
verb
Definitions
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
Definitions
The act by which something is pecked.
Example: the peckings of hungry chickens
The ancient skill of shaping stone into tools, containers, or artworks.
The sport of throwing pebbles at birds.