- See Pickv.
- To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.
- Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.
- To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up.This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas.
- To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
