GDict

pecking

pekɪŋ3 senses · 224 ms
local copy0 msLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0Wiktionary contributors
verb/ˈpɛkɪŋ/
  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of peckform-ofgerundparticiple

noun/ˈpɛkɪŋ/
  1. 1

    The act by which something is pecked.countableuncountable

    • the peckings of hungry chickens
  2. 2

    The ancient skill of shaping stone into tools, containers, or artworks.countableuncountable

  3. 3

    The game of throwing pebbles at birds.countableobsoleteuncountable

Nearby entries