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pecking |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb peck Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb peck Entailment of verb peck Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb peck 5 senses of peck Sense 1 peck, pick beak => strike Sense 2 peck, pick up => eat Sense 3 smack, peck => kiss, buss, osculate Sense 4 pick at peck at peck => eat Sense 5 nag, peck, hen-peck => complain, kick, plain, sound off quetch, kvetch Familiarity of verb peck peck used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 5) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb peck Sense 1 peck, pick beak => strike -------------- Sense 2 peck, pick up => eat -------------- Sense 3 smack, peck => kiss, buss, osculate -------------- Sense 4 pick at peck at peck => eat -------------- Sense 5 nag, peck, hen-peck => complain, kick, plain, sound off quetch, kvetch -------------- Grep of noun pecking pecking order Overview of verb peck The verb peck has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) peck, pick beak -- (hit lightly with a picking motion) 2. (1) peck, pick up -- (eat by pecking at of birds) 3. smack, peck -- (kiss lightly) 4. pick at peck at peck -- (eat like a bird) 5. nag, peck, hen-peck -- (bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long") Overview of verb peck The verb peck has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) peck, pick beak -- (hit lightly with a picking motion) 2. (1) peck, pick up -- (eat by pecking at of birds) 3. smack, peck -- (kiss lightly) 4. pick at peck at peck -- (eat like a bird) 5. nag, peck, hen-peck -- (bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long")
pecking definition