"pecking" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛkɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pecking.wav [Southern-England] Forms: peckings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pecking (countable and uncountable, plural peckings)
  1. The act by which something is pecked. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pecking-en-noun-vyvQd~Mm
  2. The ancient skill of shaping stone into tools, containers, or artworks. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pecking-en-noun-L5h8NbhI
  3. (obsolete) The game of throwing pebbles at birds. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pecking-en-noun-Q~P9phu1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vent pecking

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɛkɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pecking.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛkɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} pecking
  1. present participle and gerund of peck Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: peck Derived forms: pecking order
    Sense id: en-pecking-en-verb-Z1iy~eNR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 18 17 48

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pecking meaning in English (2.7kB)

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