| PECK | • peck v. (Transitive, intransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird). • peck v. (Transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument. • peck v. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements. |
| PECKE | • pecke n. Obsolete form of peck. (dry measure) • PECKE v. (Shakespeare) to pitch; to jerk. |
| PECKS | • pecks n. Plural of peck. • pecks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of peck. • PECK v. to strike with a beak. |
| PECKY | • pecky adj. Discoloured by fungus growth or insects. • pecky adj. Inclined to peck. • PECKY adj. marked by decay caused by fungi. |
| PECKED | • pecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of peck. • PECKE v. (Shakespeare) to pitch; to jerk. |
| PECKER | • pecker n. Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird’s beak or bill, particularly… • pecker n. (UK colloquial, by extension of the sense ‘beak’) A nose. • pecker n. (UK colloquial, by extension, from the expression ‘keep one’s pecker up’) Spirits, nerve, courage. |
| PECKES | • peckes n. Plural of pecke. • PECKE v. (Shakespeare) to pitch; to jerk. |
| PECKERS | • peckers n. Plural of pecker. • PECKER n. that which pecks; (slang) the penis. |
| PECKIER | • PECKY adj. marked by decay caused by fungi. |
| PECKING | • pecking v. Present participle of peck. • pecking n. The act by which something is pecked. • pecking n. The ancient skill of shaping stone into tools, containers, or artworks. |
| PECKISH | • peckish adj. (Colloquial) mildly hungry. • peckish adj. (Colloquial) irritable; crotchety. • PECKISH adj. somewhat hungry. |
| PECKIEST | • PECKY adj. marked by decay caused by fungi. |
| PECKINGS | • peckings n. Plural of pecking. • PECKING n. the act of pecking. |
| PECKISHLY | • peckishly adv. In a peckish manner. • PECKISH adv. somewhat hungry. |
| PECKERHEAD | • peckerhead n. (Chiefly US, derogatory) A dickhead: an unpleasant, stupid or mean person. • peckerhead n. (US) An electric motor’s terminal connection or wiring box. • pecker␣head n. Alternative form of peckerhead. |
| PECKERHEADS | • peckerheads n. Plural of peckerhead. • pecker␣heads n. Plural of pecker head. |
| PECKISHNESS | • peckishness n. The quality of being peckish; mild hunger. • PECKISHNESS n. the state of being peckish. |
| PECKISHNESSES | • PECKISHNESS n. the state of being peckish. |