hunt and peck

or hunt-and-peck

noun

a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.

Origin of hunt and peck

¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Compare touch system.

Words Nearby hunt and peck

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How to use hunt and peck in a sentence

The practice, even the hunt-and-peck relaxation from discipline, exercised the small muscles.
The Fourth R | George Oliver Smith

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