"peck at" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pecks at [present, singular, third-person], pecking at [participle, present], pecked at [participle, past], pecked at [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} peck at (third-person singular simple present pecks at, present participle pecking at, simple past and past participle pecked at)
  1. (transitive) To attack with repeatedly soft blows (physically or otherwise) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-peck_at-en-verb-qSzZmqt0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (at) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (at): 49 51
  2. (transitive) To unenthusiastically and in small bites. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-peck_at-en-verb-85InA5in Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (at) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (at): 49 51

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for peck at meaning in English (1.6kB)

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