"hunt-and-peck" meaning in English

See hunt-and-peck in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hunt-and-peck.wav
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} hunt-and-peck (not comparable)
  1. Describing a method of typing used by a person unfamiliar with the layout of a keyboard or keypad in which the person has to search for the keys to be pressed or struck one by one and uses one or both index fingers to operate the keys; also used to describe a typist who uses this technique. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Typing keyboards Related terms: touch-typing
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "hunt-and-peck (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English coordinated pairs",
          "parents": [
            "Coordinated pairs",
            "Terms by etymology"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Typing keyboards",
          "orig": "en:Typing keyboards",
          "parents": [
            "Writing instruments",
            "Stationery",
            "Tools",
            "Writing",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, Janet E. Davidson, Robert J. Sternberg, editors, The Psychology of Problem Solving, Cambridge University Press, page 68:",
          "text": "When individuals type information into an automatic teller machine or enter a password to open a lock, they simply push a sequence of keys. They first find the key on the keypad and then push it with the index finger on their dominant hand until all the keys are pressed. Children and adults tend to use this hunt-and-peck method when they encounter an unfamiliar keypad.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Describing a method of typing used by a person unfamiliar with the layout of a keyboard or keypad in which the person has to search for the keys to be pressed or struck one by one and uses one or both index fingers to operate the keys; also used to describe a typist who uses this technique."
      ],
      "id": "en-hunt-and-peck-en-adj-hUuVT-ox",
      "links": [
        [
          "typing",
          "type"
        ],
        [
          "layout",
          "layout"
        ],
        [
          "keyboard",
          "keyboard"
        ],
        [
          "keypad",
          "keypad"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "touch-typing"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hunt-and-peck.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hunt-and-peck.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hunt-and-peck.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hunt-and-peck.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hunt-and-peck.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hunt-and-peck"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "hunt-and-peck (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "touch-typing"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English coordinated pairs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Typing keyboards"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, Janet E. Davidson, Robert J. Sternberg, editors, The Psychology of Problem Solving, Cambridge University Press, page 68:",
          "text": "When individuals type information into an automatic teller machine or enter a password to open a lock, they simply push a sequence of keys. They first find the key on the keypad and then push it with the index finger on their dominant hand until all the keys are pressed. Children and adults tend to use this hunt-and-peck method when they encounter an unfamiliar keypad.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Describing a method of typing used by a person unfamiliar with the layout of a keyboard or keypad in which the person has to search for the keys to be pressed or struck one by one and uses one or both index fingers to operate the keys; also used to describe a typist who uses this technique."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "typing",
          "type"
        ],
        [
          "layout",
          "layout"
        ],
        [
          "keyboard",
          "keyboard"
        ],
        [
          "keypad",
          "keypad"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hunt-and-peck.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hunt-and-peck.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hunt-and-peck.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hunt-and-peck.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hunt-and-peck.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hunt-and-peck"
}

Download raw JSONL data for hunt-and-peck meaning in English (2.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (ee63ee9 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.