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hunt-and-peck

hunt-and-peck adjective: describing a method of typing used by a person unfamiliar with the layout of a keyboard or keypad in which the person has to search for the keys to be pressed or struck one by one and uses one or both index fingers to operate the keys; also used to describe a typist who uses this technique.

Adjective

hunt-and-peck (not comparable)

  1. Describing a method of typing used by a person unfamiliar with the layout of a keyboard or keypad in which the person has to search for the keys to be pressed or struck one by one and uses one or both index fingers to operate the keys; also used to describe a typist who uses this technique.
    • When individuals type information into an automatic teller machine or enter a password to open a lock, they simply push a sequence of keys. They first find the key on the keypad and then push it with the index finger on their dominant hand until all the keys are pressed. Children and adults tend to...2003, Janet E. Davidson, Robert J. Sternberg, editors, The Psychology of Problem Solving, Cambridge University Press, page 68

Words formed from hunt-and-peck

Questions about hunt-and-peck

What does hunt-and-peck mean?
Hunt-and-peck means describing a method of typing used by a person unfamiliar with the layout of a keyboard or keypad in which the person has to search for the keys to be pressed or struck one by one and uses one or both index fingers to operate the keys; also used to describe a typist who uses this technique.
What part of speech is hunt-and-peck?
Hunt-and-peck is an adjective.

Words near hunt-and-peck in the dictionary

  1. hunt where the ducks were
  2. Hunt's Cross
  3. Hunt's disease
  4. hunt's-up
  5. hunt's-ups
  6. hunt-and-peck
  7. hunt-and-pecker
  8. hunt-and-peckers
  9. huntable
  10. huntaway
  11. huntaways

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