to peck
3
8.0
- verb
- /pɛk/
:
poner pegas a
- Why do the ladies peck at you?
- peck away at
And your job is to stay inside your integrity until they stop pecking and they'll be much more healthy.
- And your job is to stay inside your integrity until they stop pecking and they'll be much more healthy.
Examples
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Stop pecking me!
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Jonah felt as if at any moment the girls would start pecking Christina.
Fiction book (1990) -
"You!" he says, pecking at the remaining raised keys, "And you! Stupid! Stupid thing!"
Fiction book (2001) -
Stop pecking on my raft.
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And he said, William, working with Big Pharma is like getting pecked to death by a flock of ducks.
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His constant criticism felt like he was pecking at me all day long.
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She didn't appreciate her colleague pecking at her small mistakes during the meeting.
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Every time I tried to enjoy my lunch, my friend started pecking at me with trivial questions.
Synonyms
302
4.0
Annoy someone again and again to make them feel worried or uncomfortable
246
1.0
Make someone slightly angry or bothered by small repeated actions
144
3.6
Annoy someone again and again to make them react
85
3.7
To annoy someone by bothering them repeatedly
39
4.7
To annoy someone by asking them the same thing many times
34
3.2
To annoy someone by asking for things again and again
30
6.6
To keep complaining about something in a way that annoys people
25
7.2
To annoy someone again and again so they feel bothered
23
6.7
Talk again and again about the same thing and annoy people
8
2.6
To keep criticizing or telling someone to do things in an annoying way
8
7.7
To annoy someone by teasing them repeatedly
4
9.8
To tease someone again and again with small mean remarks
3
7.6
To bother someone again and again so they feel upset or tired
3
7.8
To send a large fast stream of questions or messages to someone
2
8.6
To trouble or annoy someone again and again
1
8.2
To tease someone with repeated mean or mocking remarks
1
9.0
To tease or nag someone, often in a playful way
A person who annoys another person by asking again and again
To annoy someone by asking or reminding them again and again
Make someone feel bad by bossing or bullying them
To tease or nag someone in a way that annoys them
To annoy someone again and again with small problems
Causing a feeling that annoys you and does not go away
To keep asking or complaining to make someone do something
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Etymology
Peck The verb meaning 'to bother someone persistently with trivial complaints' comes from the image of a bird pecking again and again, so to peck at someone is to nag or bother them with small repeated complaints.