"hunt and peck" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: hunt + and + peck Etymology templates: {{m|en|hunt}} hunt, {{m|en|and}} and, {{m|en|peck}} peck Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} hunt and peck (uncountable)
  1. (computing) The hunt-and-peck typing technique. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: two-fingered typing
    Sense id: en-hunt_and_peck-en-noun-a8EbM0zE Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 71 29 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

Forms: hunts and pecks [present, singular, third-person], hunting and pecking [participle, present], hunted and pecked [participle, past], hunted and pecked [past]
Etymology: hunt + and + peck Etymology templates: {{m|en|hunt}} hunt, {{m|en|and}} and, {{m|en|peck}} peck Head templates: {{en-verb|hunt<> and peck<>}} hunt and peck (third-person singular simple present hunts and pecks, present participle hunting and pecking, simple past and past participle hunted and pecked)
  1. (transitive) to typewrite in an awkward, unskilled way, with two or even a single finger. Tags: transitive Translations (typewrite with two fingers only): datlovat (Czech), datlit (Czech), pekfingervals [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hunt_and_peck-en-verb-JEoLOU-K

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hunt and peck meaning in English (3.4kB)

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