Peck (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Eat by pecking at, like a bird.

Classification

Verbs of eating and drinking.

Synonyms

• Pick Up

Related Words

• Pecker (noun)

Meaning ²

Kiss lightly.

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Smack

Hypernyms

• Snog
• Osculate
• Buss

Meaning ³

Eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food".

Classification

Verbs of eating and drinking.

Synonyms

• Pick At
• Peck At

Hypernyms

• Eat

Meaning ⁴

Hit lightly with a picking motion.

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Pick
• Beak

Related Words

• Pecker (noun)

Meaning ⁵

Bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

• Hen-peck
• Nag

Hypernyms

• Plain
• Kvetch
• Quetch
• Sound Off
• Complain