Pecking

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  • v. Present participle of peck.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as place-brick.
  • n. plural Pieces pecked or knocked off.
  • n. The sport of throwing pebbles at birds to bring them down.
  • n. They crossed a road soon afterwards, and there close to them lay a heap of charming pebbles. “Look here,” shouted East, “here's luck! I've been longing for some good honest pecking this half-hour. Let's fill the bags, and have no more of this foozling bird's-nesting.”
    • Word Usage
    "I’m probably not unique in making this mistake, but in modern American middle-class experience one hears the term pecking order and one reflexively locates oneself right smack, well, in the middle."
    Verb Form
    pecked    pecking    pecks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    imperial capacity unit    british capacity unit    eat    united states dry unit    strike   
    Cross Reference
    pecked implement    to peck at   
    Form
    peckish    pecking order    woodpecker   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bite    eat    strike    beak    pecket   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cech    Czech    Dec    Eck    Lech   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bushel    quart    hug    tablespoonful    handshake   
     
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