Word

peck, v.
(pecked, pecking, pecks)
freq. cnt. 4

hit lightly with a picking motion
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

beak peck pick

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

pecker

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

beak beak

semantic pointers

hypernym

strike

eat by pecking at, like a bird
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

peck pick up

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

pecker

semantic pointers

hypernym

eat

bother persistently with trivial complaints
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

hen-peck nag peck

sample sentences

"She nags her husband all day long"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

nagger nag

semantic pointers

hypernym

complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch

eat like a bird
<verb.consumption>

peck peck at pick at

sample sentences

"The anorexic girl just picks at her food"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
They %s more bread

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
They %s more bread

verb frames

Somebody ----s

semantic pointers

hypernym

eat

kiss lightly
<verb.contact>

peck smack

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

smack

semantic pointers

hypernym

kiss, snog, buss, osculate