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- noun Plural form of
peck . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
peck .
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Examples
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I imagined these faces circling round, closing in, dissecting me with slow, deliberate pecks.
My Other Mother is a Ferrari Sally Houtman 2012
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David Turner may be a marvelous actor but here his character is written and dressed and directed to be a sexless gay man of 1974 who mostly just pecks his boyfriend on the cheek.
Michael Giltz: Theater: Cloudy Skies for Harry Connick Jr. and On A Clear Day Michael Giltz 2011
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This is all the first act of the film, but Judge layers in so much character and nuance that such a description only pecks at the surface.
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He pecks out a response with his index finger, pressing much harder than is necessary, his face clenched into an intense grimace.
Left Neglected Lisa Genova 2011
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To do that, Ron has rigged a contraption that rewards a duck with a handful of mealworms when it pecks at a button after an auditory signal is generated.
Duck, duck, owl: Patuxent research center is for the birds John Kelly 2010
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People can buy a $50 orchard share for the season, including three pecks (about 30 pounds) of any apple he grows and a bonus half-peck of the Duchess of Oldenburg, a Russian apple that came to the U.S. in the 19th century.
Before the Mac, Vintage Apples Anne Marie Chaker 2010
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"Are we at war again?" one French mum asked after giving the traditional Gallic bises, pecks on each cheek.
Eurozone crisis fails to ignite French animosity against 'les rosbifs' 2011
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They should also present their face to give and receive "bises" pecks on the cheek when prompted, even to strangers.
The parenting gap: why French mothers prefer to use the firm smack of authority 2012
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They exchanged pecks without looking at each other directly.
Numb And Number vic fortezza 2011
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To do that, Ron has rigged a contraption that rewards a duck with a handful of mealworms when it pecks at a button after an auditory signal is generated.
Duck, duck, owl: Patuxent research center is for the birds John Kelly 2010
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