I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bird pecks (at) sth (= makes small movements with its head )
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Some birds were pecking at the remains of a sandwich.
at the bottom of the pecking order
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Nobody wants to be at the bottom of the pecking order .
pecking order
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Nobody wants to be at the bottom of the pecking order .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bird
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Ahead of her - quite a way in the distance - she could see some birds pecking at crumbs on the pavement.
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Classical conditioning principles suggest, what is indeed the case, that the bird will come to peck at the lit key.
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Some birds gather and peck the concrete in the space the delegation has just been standing in.
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A bird pecking at food grains could have known without learning what food looks like, or it could have learnt it.
cheek
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He pecked her on the cheek .
chick
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The chicks pecked the conspicuous rice grains, which proves that they were eager to eat rice.
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Middleschoolers, their teachers tell me, are as endearing as chicks just pecking out of their shells.
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Newborn chicks will peck at an adult gull's bill - or even a model of one - without any prior experience.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hens pecked at the corn scattered on the ground.
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The woodpecker's long beak is specially designed for pecking.
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There was a red mark where the pigeon had pecked her hand.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A surprising chaff inch flew down to peck at our crumbs.
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Beneath that principled veneer students were hammering out the usual adolescent pecking order.
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He himself had been but little pecked at.
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Males compete with one another for places in a pecking order.
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She pecked our hands for food and glared at us with her red eyes.
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This means that the rider can help his horse should he peck on landing or hesitate into a fence.
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We were woken at the crack of dawn by the pitter patter of seagulls as they pecked for their breakfast.
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You peck away at your computer, but it is hard for you to get motivated.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
give
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She gives him a peck on the cheek.
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She gave Denver a half peck of peas to sort and soak overnight.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He gave her a really big kiss. Not just a peck on the cheek.
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It takes several pecks for the chick to make a hole in the eggshell.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dottie Newland is a peck of fun.
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I take the same two-hour bus and tram ride for the same old peck on the cheek.
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Just a peck on the cheek.
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Not bad, as the consequence of but a single peck !
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One peck on the head will kill them.
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Take your child along and let him cat his peck of dirt.
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The wife and kids took a peck at the visitor.