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.
had pecked
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past perfectof peck.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The birds had pecked hundreds of holes on the chimney stack, where Castro said he believes they stashed and snacked on acorns for two to five years.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023
So Douglas MacArthur's ground soldiers were out to stop him short of the pass, while his airmen, with what strength they had, pecked at his new position on the northern coast.
From Time Magazine Archive
The place where the crow had pecked him was still burning, but there was nothing there, no blood, no wound.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
The troop of hungry crows which had pecked unavailingly at the wicker cover, had retired to some distance and watched the picnic in croaking envy.
From A Scout of To-day by Isabel Hornibrook
A crow came and perched on the stockade, then flew down and picked up several fragments; it was the crow that had pecked the jack’s head.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies
