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Meanings of peck away in English

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Usage of peck away in English
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I peck away at the keyboard in a purposeful manner.
The Atrocity Archives
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I turned to the typewriter, wrenched myself into a poetic mood, and began to peck away:
Dreams from Bunker Hill
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You nervously peck away-"Oh ,I'llhave that to go, please."
Life
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They're bleating, yapping, squealing, chirping and clucking as they nibble and peck away at the leftover food.
A Grandpa's Notebook / Ideas, Models, Stories and Memoirs to Enc...
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The insects are displayed against a speckled background on a touchscreen monitor, which the birds peck away at.
Wired
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The jays alight upon it and peck away with great vigor, almost standing on tiptoe to get the proper sweep.
The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers
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And a huge thank-you to all café owners who let writers sit for hours and peck away at their laptops.
Promise of the wolves: a novel
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The gaggle of diminutive peahens loose in the avenue continued to peck away at the wiry grass, ignoring the display.
The Naked God
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A well-fed black dog chases pigeons that peck away at the leftover rice spread by monks on the concrete slabs.
The Guardian
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The little creatures ran round and round, but finding they could not get out, began to peck away at the food.
In the Eastern Seas
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She pecked away with a flourish as if suddenly facing a deadline.
Ford county: stories
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He watched some sparrows pecking away on one of the gravel paths.
Depths
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But mile after mile, there they were, safe from the wheels, pecking away.
The Irish Times
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A rooster is pecking away next to me on the raised bark platform.
Conquest of the Useless
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A second FBI man was sitting at Eph's laptop, pecking away.
The strain
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I spent that summer pecking away at a typewriter in preparation.
The Guardian
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