n. One who or that which pecks, picks, or hacks; especially, a bird that pecks, as in the compounds nutpecker, oxpecker, woodpecker, flower-pecker.n. A picker or pickax.n. In weaving, the picker of a loom; the shuttle-driver.n. In telegraphy, a relay. Earlier forms of this apparatus pecked like a bird: hence the name.n. Courage; spirits; good cheer.