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Meaning of peck at | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To nag
    transitive
  2. To eat unenthusiastically and in small bites.
    transitive

Equivalents

Bosanski štopati
Hrvatski štopati
日本語 ついばむ ほじくる ほじる 啄 啄む 突く
Kurdî kûç
Polski kuć
Српски štopati

Examples

“"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—"”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pecked pecked at peckest pecketh pecking pecking at

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