peck at

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   eat like a bird

   “The anorexic girl just picks at her food”

   Synonymspick atpeck

   Broadereat

Questions about peck at

What does peck at mean?

peck at means "eat like a bird".

What is another word for peck at?

Close synonyms include pick at, peck. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peck at a common word?

peck at is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.