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• bird peck — noun : a small spot of distorted grain or a hole in wood attributed to damage by birds …   Useful english dictionary

• bird —    This word had been associated with ‘girl’ since the fourteenth century. Originally it may have been a separate word, ‘burd’, a poetic word for woman, and there may have been confusion with ‘bride’, since ‘bird’ itself was often written as… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• peck|ing order — «PEHK ihng», 1. an order of dominance, originally noted among chickens, prescribing which bird can peck another and which bird or birds can, in turn, peck it. The pecking order never changes once it is established at an early age among a flock. 2 …   Useful english dictionary

• Peck — Peck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pecked}; 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• peck — Ⅰ. peck [1] ► VERB 1) (of a bird) strike or bite with its beak. 2) kiss lightly or perfunctorily. 3) (peck at) informal eat (food) listlessly or daintily. 4) type slowly and laboriously. ► NOUN …   English terms dictionary

• Bird J. Vincent — (* 6. März 1880 bei Clarkston, Michigan; † 18. Juli 1931 an Bord eines Schiffes zwischen Hawaii und Kalifornien) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1923 und 1931 vertrat er den Bundes …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Peck — Peck, n. A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• peck order — noun also pecking order Etymology: translation of German hackordnung 1. : the basic pattern of social organization within a flock of poultry in which each bird is permitted to peck another lower in the scale without fear of retaliation and is… …   Useful english dictionary

• peck — I UK [pek] / US verb Word forms peck : present tense I/you/we/they peck he/she/it pecks present participle pecking past tense pecked past participle pecked 1) [intransitive/transitive] when a bird pecks, it moves its beak quickly forward to hit… …   English dictionary

• peck — peck1 [pek] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from pick] 1.) [I and T] if a bird pecks something or pecks at something, it makes quick repeated movements with its beak to try to eat part of it, make a hole in it etc peck at ▪ birds pecking at… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• peck — peck1 [ pek ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive when a bird pecks, it moves its beak quickly forward to hit or bite something: The fox cub had been pecked to death by crows. peck at: The birds pecked at the insect infested tree. 2. )… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English