Synonyms of pecking

pecking

verb

present participle of peck

1

as in nibbling

to eat reluctantly and in small bites

found out that fashion models never really eat—they just peck at small meals in expensive restaurants

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nibbling
• picking
• grazing
• snacking
• noshing
• tasting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gorging
• swilling
• overeating
• gormandizing
• pigging out

• gorging
• swilling
• overeating
• gormandizing
• pigging out

2

as in jabbing

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

the bird continued to peck the suet cake intently

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jabbing
• picking
• stabbing
• puncturing
• piercing
• sticking
• spitting
• poking
• punching
• spearing
• slicing
• skewering
• spiking
• harpooning
• pinking
• impaling
• lancing
• goring
• running through
• transfixing
• transpiercing
• perforating
• spindling
• riddling
• cutting
• thrusting
• pricking
• piking
• bayoneting
• knifing
• gimleting
• bayonetting
• dirking
• poniarding
• pinpricking
• pronging
• quilling

Phrases Containing pecking

• pecking order

• pecking order