"peck at" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pecks at",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pecking at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pecked at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pecked at",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "peck at (third-person singular simple present pecks at, present participle pecking at, simple past and past participle pecked at)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1908 September – 1909 September, Jack London, chapter 32, in Martin Eden, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published September 1909, →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"Ghouls and harpies!\" Brissenden snapped out with clicking teeth. \"Yes, I know the spawn—complacently pecking at him for his Father Damien letter, analyzing him, weighing him—\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To nag"
      ],
      "id": "en-peck_at-en-verb-Rqi~I7LM",
      "links": [
        [
          "nag",
          "nag"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To nag"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"at\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To eat unenthusiastically and in small bites."
      ],
      "id": "en-peck_at-en-verb-1~y1OAON",
      "links": [
        [
          "unenthusiastically",
          "unenthusiastically"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To eat unenthusiastically and in small bites."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pick at"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "peck at"
}

{
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"at\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pecks at",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pecking at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pecked at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pecked at",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "peck at (third-person singular simple present pecks at, present participle pecking at, simple past and past participle pecked at)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1908 September – 1909 September, Jack London, chapter 32, in Martin Eden, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published September 1909, →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"Ghouls and harpies!\" Brissenden snapped out with clicking teeth. \"Yes, I know the spawn—complacently pecking at him for his Father Damien letter, analyzing him, weighing him—\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To nag"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nag",
          "nag"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To nag"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To eat unenthusiastically and in small bites."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unenthusiastically",
          "unenthusiastically"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To eat unenthusiastically and in small bites."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pick at"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "peck at"
}