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peckest

peckest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of peck.

Meaning of peck

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
    • The birds pecked at their food.
  2. (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
    • to peck a hole in a tree
  3. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
  4. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
    • This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  5. To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
    • He has been pecking away at that project for some time now.
  6. To type by searching for each key individually.

See all 22 meanings of peck

Origin of peckest

peck + -est

Questions about peckest

What is peckest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Peckest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of peck.

Words near peckest in the dictionary

  1. peckerwood
  2. peckerwood sawmill
  3. peckerwood sawmills
  4. peckerwoods
  5. peckes
  6. peckest
  7. pecketh
  8. Peckett
  9. peckful
  10. peckfuls
  11. Peckham

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