peck at

verb

pecked at; pecking at; pecks at

: to take small bites of (food)

Her son pecked at his food and said he wasn't hungry.

Examples of peck at in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Penguins often twist their long necks to peck at gashes and pull out their own stitches, Pino said. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner share a quick peck at the World Cup Final match in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

In graduate school, my experimental archaeology professor told a student to create a door socket – the hole in a door frame that a bolt slides into – in a slab of sandstone by pecking at it with a rounded stone. — R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026

The bird might also be pecking at small insects that could be around the window frame. — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for peck at

• begat
• bobcat
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• format
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