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
Instead, he imparted the melodious information that the Gadfly had pecked badly twice at Tollygunge that morning, and smiled with pathetic philosophy.
From Hilda A Story of Calcutta by Sara Jeannette Duncan
He pecked and pecked till he had pecked it all up.
From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain
