Usually means: Nip or nibble with beak.
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  1. peck at: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. peck at: Merriam-Webster
  3. peck at: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. peck at: Vocabulary.com
  5. peck at: Wiktionary
  6. peck at: Dictionary.com
  7. peck at: Rhymezone
  8. peck at: FreeDictionary.org
  9. peck at: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. peck at: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. peck at: Encyclopedia

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  1. peck at: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (peck at)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To nag
▸ verb:  (transitive) To eat unenthusiastically and in small bites.

Similar:
peck, pick at, lick, pelt, paw at, pell, bill, piddle, bepat, have a pop at, more...

Opposite:
devour, gorge, gulp, wolf down

Phrases:
to peck at, more...

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Similar:
peck, pick at, lick, pelt, paw at, pell, bill, piddle, bepat, have a pop at, more...

Opposite:
devour, gorge, gulp, wolf down

Phrases:
to peck at, more...



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