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pecking
(encz) | pecking,klování v: Martin Král |
pecking
(encz) | pecking,zobání v: Martin Král |
Pecking
(gcide) | Peck \Peck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pecked (p[e^]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Pecking.] [See Pick, v.]
1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a
bird pecks a tree.
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2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with
a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc.,
with repeated quick movements.
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3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak;
to bite; to eat; -- often with up. --Addison.
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This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. --Shak.
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4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed
instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
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pecking order
(encz) | pecking order, |
Henpecking
(gcide) | henpeck \hen"peck`\, hen-peck \hen"-peck`\(h[e^]n"p[e^]k`), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Henpecked (h[e^]n"p[e^]kt`); p. pr. & vb.
n. Henpecking.]
To bother persistently with trivial complaints; to subject to
petty authority; -- said of a woman who thus treats her male
companion, especially of wives who thus dominate their
husbands. Commonly used in the past participle (often
adjectively); as, henpecked for years, he finally left her.
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Pecking
(gcide) | Peck \Peck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pecked (p[e^]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Pecking.] [See Pick, v.]
1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a
bird pecks a tree.
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2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with
a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc.,
with repeated quick movements.
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3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak;
to bite; to eat; -- often with up. --Addison.
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This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. --Shak.
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4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed
instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
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Specking
(gcide) | Speck \Speck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Specked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Specking.]
To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks
regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as,
paper specked by impurities in the water used in its
manufacture.
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Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold.
--Milton.
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pecking order
(wn) | pecking order
n 1: the organization of people at different ranks in an
administrative body [syn: hierarchy, power structure,
pecking order] |
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