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pecked at

pecked at is the simple past and past participle of peck at.

Meaning of peck at

Verb

peck at (third-person singular simple present pecks at, present participle pecking at, simple past and past participle pecked at)

  1. (transitive) To nag
    • "Ghouls and harpies!" Brissenden snapped out with clicking teeth. "Yes, I know the spawn—complacently pecking at him for his Father Damien letter, analyzing him, weighing him—"1908 September – 1909 September, Jack London, chapter 32, in Martin Eden, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published September 1909, →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To eat unenthusiastically and in small bites.
    Synonyms:
    pick at

Questions about pecked at

What is pecked at the simple past and past participle of?
Pecked at is the simple past and past participle of peck at.

Words near pecked at in the dictionary

  1. peckable
  2. peckawood
  3. peckawoods
  4. pecke
  5. pecked
  6. pecked at
  7. Peckenham
  8. Peckenhams
  9. pecker
  10. pecker checker
  11. pecker checkers

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