Meaning & use
Pecking
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Striking or biting at something repeatedly with a beak, or picking at food in small bites.
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The hens were pecking at the scattered grain in the yard.
A woodpecker kept pecking at the old oak tree outside her window.
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Best known from the phrase "pecking order," which describes a social hierarchy, originally observed among chickens.
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