Collocations for "peck"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "peck" in context.
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peck
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- pecked her on the [cheek, lips]
- the [bird, eagle] pecked (at) its prey
- pecked holes in the [tree, log, trunk]
- pecking away at a [tree]
- were pecking at [food, grain, cereals, insects]
- the child pecked at his [dinner, food]
- pecking around in the [grass, field]
- pecked out the [victim's, animal's] eyes
- was pecking [sharply, furiously, hurriedly]
- was pecked to [pieces, death]
- was pecking away on the keyboard
- a [sharp, little, quick] peck
- gave him a peck on the [forehead, cheek, lips]
- the peck of a [bird, beak]