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.
have pecked
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present perfectof peck.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The chickens are fenced off in a section of that pasture until they have pecked the grass down to dirt; then they are moved to another section.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2015
"Well, well, well?" cried the Deemster, rapping out at the same time his oath of impatience as fast as a hen might have pecked.
From The Deemster by Sir Hall Caine
Nothing but the seagulls, which swooped down over my head to see whether I were alive or dead; and it was fortunate my hands were free, or else they would have pecked out my eyes.
From Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant by John B. Greene
Beware all fruit, but what the birds have pecked.
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by John Dryden
"Perhaps so; but we must hurry or the others will have pecked it to bits."
From The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic by John Henry Goldfrap
