pecks
Eats like chickens
Pecks is the plural of peck, a unit of dry volume equal to eight quarts or a quarter of a bushel—now rarely used outside the phrase a peck of pickled peppers.
More commonly, pecks refers to quick, light kisses: She gave him a few pecks on the cheek before leaving.
As a verb form, pecks describes the jabbing motion birds make with their beaks: The hen pecks at scattered grain.
Seek food actively
- seedEmbryonic plant capsule
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- wormsLimbless burrowing invertebrates
- insectsSix-legged arthropods
scratch · ground · feed · chickens · hens · poultry · sparrows · pigeons
Informal term for kissing
- bussAffectionate lip press
- mwahVocalized kiss sound
- cheekAudacity or facial side
- foreheadFace above eyebrows
lips · pucker · affectionate · tender · gentle · brief · fond · quick
Small, tentative bite
- pickPointed breaking tool
- nagPester repeatedly
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- repeatedDone or said again
quick · successive · jabbing · poking · prodding · tapping · annoying · relentless
forage
Seek food actively
insects · scratch · ground · feed · chickens · hens · poultry · sparrows · pigeons · corn
smooch
Informal term for kissing
forehead · lips · pucker · affectionate · tender · gentle · brief · fond · quick · light
nibble
Small, tentative bite
- pickPointed breaking tool
- nagPester repeatedly
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
repeated · quick · successive · jabbing · poking · prodding · tapping · annoying · relentless · rhythmic
bushel
Dry volume unit
oats · barley · wheat · apples · grain · flour · imperial · capacity · agricultural · harvest
pecksgobbles
Consumes with haste
devours · gulps · wolfs down · gorges · inhales
- pecking orderSocial dominance arrangement
- hunt and peckVisual, one-key-at-a-time typing
- peck atEat in small bites
- pecking atBiting repeatedly, lightly
- feeling peckish
- Gregory Peck
peck, pecked, pecking, peckish, pecker, peckers, peckishness