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Definition: To peck at
Peck
\Peck\, v. i.
1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed
instrument. --Carew.
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2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
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[The hen] went pecking by his side. --Dryden.
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To peck at, to attack with petty and repeated blows; to
carp at; to nag; to tease.
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