Main Entry: ²peck

Function: verb

Etymology: Middle English, perhaps from Middle Low German pekken

Date: 14th century

transitive verb 1 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 verb 1 a : to strike, pierce, or pick up something with or as if with the bill b : carp, nag
2 : to eat reluctantly and in small bites <peck at food>