peck : Idioms & Phrases

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hen-peck

  • verb bother persistently with trivial complaints
    peck; nag.
    • She nags her husband all day long
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peck at

  • verb eat like a bird
    pick at; peck.
    • The anorexic girl just picks at her food
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pecking order

  • noun the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
    hierarchy; power structure.
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To peck at

  • to attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at; to nag; to tease.
Webster 1913