New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: pick at · peck out · pluck at · yack at · peck about · deck out · stick at · puck about · feck up · get at

peck at

1 (v + prep) eat sparingly TRANSITIVEbheith ag blaisínteacht arhe only pecked at his food ní raibh sé ach ag blaisínteacht ar a chuid bia 2 (v + prep) eat with beak TRANSITIVEbheith ag piocadh ar c m uthey were pecking at the fruit bhí siad ag piocadh ar na torthaí, bhí siad ag priocadh na dtorthaí 3 (v + prep) hit with beak TRANSITIVEpioc ar c m ugiob verb c m u → see peck

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the women were at the bottom of the pecking order bhíodh na mná in áit na leathphingine

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