peck
/pɛk/ verb C2- To throw.
- To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
He/she/it pecks · Past pecked · Past participle pecked · -ing form pecking
Verb forms
- Base form
- peck
- He/she/it
- pecks
- Past
- pecked
- Past participle
- pecked
- -ing form
- pecking
From the library
And the Wicked Witch said to the King Crow, “Fly at once to the strangers; peck out their eyes and tear them to pieces.”
I will peck his eyes out.”
One could have eaten a meal off the ground without overbrimming the proverbial peck of dirt.
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