Main Entry:

²peck

Function:

verb

Etymology:

Middle English, perhaps from Middle Low German pekken

Date:

14th century

transitive verb1 a: to strike or pierce especially repeatedly with the bill or a pointed tool b: to make by pecking <peck a hole>2: to pick up with the billintransitive verb1 a: to strike, pierce, or pick up something with or as if with the bill b: carp, nag2: to eat reluctantly and in small bites <peck at food>