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Peck at Moderate

Peck at has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

eat like a bird

"The anorexic girl just picks at her food"

2

To attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at; to nag; to tease.

See Also
eat daintily unenthusiastically
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
eat
Rhyming Words
go at cut at eat at aim at rap at get at sit at paw at run at yell at have at gnaw at gaze at call at hint at work at peer at look at wink at talk at
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