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pecks at

pecks at is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pecks at

What is pecks at the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pecks at is the third-person singular simple present indicative of peck at.

Words near pecks at in the dictionary

  1. peckled
  2. Peckleton
  3. Pecknarm
  4. peckproof
  5. pecks
  6. pecks at
  7. pecksful
  8. Pecksniff
  9. Pecksniffery
  10. pecksniffian
  11. Pecksniffianism

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