peck

1. (ambitransitive)To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).

   The birds pecked at their food.

   picken

   клева́тьklevátʹ, клю́нутьkljúnutʹ

   клюва́тиkljuváty, клю́нутиkljúnuty, дзьо́батиdzʹóbaty

2. (transitive)To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.

   to peck a hole in a tree

3. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.

4. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.

5. To do something in small, intermittent pieces.

   He has been pecking away at that project for some time now.

6. To type by searching for each key individually.

7. (rare)To type in general.

8. To kiss briefly.

   einen flüchtigen Kuss geben, flüchtig küssen

   чмо́катьčmókatʹ, чмо́кнутьčmóknutʹ

   kiss lightly

9. (regional)To throw.

10. To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.

1. Tom is a hen-pecked husband.

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2. Tom gave Mary a peck on the cheek.

   ruТом чмокнул Мэри в щёку.

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3. Tom gave Mary a quick peck on the cheek.

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4. I saw Tom give Mary a peck on the cheek.

   ruЯ видел, как Том чмокнул Мэри в щеку.

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5. One crow doesn't peck another's eye.

   Ворон ворону око не виклює.

   ruВорон ворону глаз не выклюет.

   deEine Krähe hackt der anderen kein Auge aus.

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