peck at

VERB
  1. eat like a bird
    The anorexic girl just picks at her food
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How To Use peck at In A Sentence

  • Deal with the question seriously, do not just peck at it.
  • The budgerigar gave a quick peck at the seed.
  • Going on that show was like being a chicken farmer with a bag of grain and suddenly all the chickens are trying to peck at you. The Sun
  • A bird had alighted in the sand with a flash of blue and white feather, to peck at something thrown from the train. Somewhere East of Life
  • He is said to have painted a trompe l'oeil of grapes which was so realistic that birds tried to peck at them.
  • Q WHY do birds peck at the brown patches on my lawn? The Sun
  • The green spot may have been there to guide the young to peck at the parent's beak and make the parents disgorge food.
  • A bird had alighted in the sand with a flash of blue and white feather, to peck at something thrown from the train. Somewhere East of Life
  • A surprising chaff inch flew down to peck at our crumbs.
  • Q WHY do birds peck at the brown patches on my lawn? The Sun
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