pecking
About 0.69 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb present participle and gerund of peck
- noun The act by which something is pecked.
the peckings of hungry chickens
- noun The ancient skill of shaping stone into tools, containers, or artworks.
- noun The game of throwing pebbles at birds.
Similar words
peck at beak flock batch pot hatful stack nag pick wad
Often followed by
order at and away the in orders on of
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