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Meaning of peck at something in English

peck at something

phrasal verb with peck verb
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to eat small quantities of something without any enthusiasm
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Biting, chewing & swallowing
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peck at something
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(of a bird) to repeatedly bite, hit, or pick up something small with its beak:
Two geese were pecking at some grain.
Birds would fly down and try to peck at his face.
to type on a keyboard, pressing the keys using only one or two fingers, especially because you are not very good at typing:
The little girl was pecking at the keyboard with one finger.
He flipped open his laptop and pecked at its keys.
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(Definition of peck at something from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of peck at something

in Chinese (Traditional)
（食慾不佳地）小口吃…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
（食欲不佳地）小口吃…
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in Spanish
picotear algo…
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in Portuguese
beliscar algo…
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in Italian
～を（申し訳程度に）食べる…
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picar ac (amb desgana)…
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억지로 먹다…
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mangiucchiare qualcosa…
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