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.
has been pecking
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present perfect progressiveof peck (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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And he has been pecking at trees and things, and hopping in and out of nests ever since, I suppose.
From Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories by Frances Hodgson Burnett
