Definitions
bother persistently with trivial complaints
Word origin
From Middle English pecken, pekken, variant of Middle English piken, picken, pikken (“to pick, use a pointed implement”). More at pick.
Used in a sentence
“The birds pecked at their food.”
“The rooster had been known to fly on her shoulder and peck her neck, so that now she carried a stick or took one of the children with her when she went to feed the fowls.”
“And the Wicked Witch said to the King Crow, "Fly at once to the strangers; peck out their eyes and tear them to pieces."”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Bird's small bite”4 letters
02“Bird's quick bite”4 letters
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