peck
verb (used with object)
to strike or indent with the beak, as a bird does, or with some pointed instrument, especially with quick, repeated movements.
are pecking
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present progressiveof peck.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Two pigeons are pecking grains in a park in Konstanz.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
The discovery that woodpeckers are pecking away unprotected comes from a recent paper published by the scientific journal Current Biology; the online version of the paper includes some entertaining slow-motion video clips of woodpeckers pecking.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2022
In every corner of the globe, in nests as small as walnuts or as large as haystacks, chicks are pecking through their shells and into the light.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2018
Meanwhile, new, smaller competitors in the Web search market are pecking away at its reputation.
From Reuters ● Jan. 22, 2011
If chickens are pecking at each other in cages, the industry doesn’t let them out of their cages.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
