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Significados de peck em inglês

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(Often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.

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To eat by small pieces like a bird.

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Examples for "peck at"
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We put in a peck at a time, in a dozen places.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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A bird-like peck at the inkwell, and the pen began to scratch-scratch-scratch.
The Voice in the Fog
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The metal roof pinged as the birds began to peck at it.
The Alchemyst
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Bursch that very young chickens peck at insects which they afterwards avoid.
Darwinism (1889) / An exposition of the theory of natural select...
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The hens cluck contentedly and peck at the ground in their enclosure.
The Irish Times
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He nodded lamely, returning to pick at the food they'd given him.
The Naked God
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Charlie brought his plate in and continued to pick at his food.
The Fame Game
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Her color was back and she started to pick at her food.
Three stations: an arkady renko novel
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This is not the time and place to pick at that wound.
A Dance with Dragons
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The emaciated fingers began to pick at the coverlet, a fatal sign.
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
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To hit lightly with a picking motion.

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(For a bird) To eat by small pieces with one's beak or bill.

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Uso de peck em inglês
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We put in a peck at a time, in a dozen places.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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They peck when I even think about moving but that's not real.
An ordinary decent criminal
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A bird-like peck at the inkwell, and the pen began to scratch-scratch-scratch.
The Voice in the Fog
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Down came the pipe, and with it a peck of greasy soot.
The Man on the Box
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With that and the flash-light we could get a peck of them.
The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol / Or, The Story of ...
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Impetuously, she darts forward and plants a chaste peck on his cheek.
The dog said bow-wow
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For the first he sent me baskets that held about a peck.
Driven Back to Eden
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She gave me a quick peck on the cheek, utterly surprising me.
Dead to the world
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The metal roof pinged as the birds began to peck at it.
The Alchemyst
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Use one peck of juicy cooking apples and two quarts of sugar.
The International Jewish Cook Book / 1600 Recipes According to t...
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He would run up to me and peck out of my hand.
Rainbow Valley
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Before thou trust a friend eat a peck of salt with him.
A Wanderer in Holland
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Take a peck of morella cherries, and a peck of black hearts.
Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats, by Miss ...
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Bursch that very young chickens peck at insects which they afterwards avoid.
Darwinism (1889) / An exposition of the theory of natural select...
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I gave Bob a hug and Morelli a peck on the cheek.
Hot six
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Adan smiled at me and gave me a peck on the cheek.
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