pecker
Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's…Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly
Translations
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11 sensesSomeone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill
(UK, regional)A bird's beak.
horny projecting mouth of a bird
Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly
Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill
A bird, particularly a member of the group including the woodpeckers, flowerpeckers, oxpeckers, and berrypeckers.
More meanings 8
(UK, broadly, colloquial)A nose.
(UK, broadly, colloquial)Spirits, nerve, courage.
Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill
(regional, uncommon)Any tool used in a pecking fashion, particularly kinds of hoes or pickaxes.
Picker, Picker
(uncommon)Any machine or machine part moving in a pecking fashion, particularly
Any machine or machine part moving in a pecking fashion
(obsolete, uncommon)A picker, a shuttle-driver: the device which moves backwards and forwards in the shuttle-box to drive the shuttle through the warp.
(historical, uncommon)A kind of V-shaped telegraphic relay.
Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill
(UK, obsolete, regional)An eater, a diner.
(US, regional, slang)A penis; cock, dick.
Origin
From Middle English pekker, equivalent to peck (“to pick at something in the manner of a bFrom Middle English pekker, equivalent to peck (“to pick at something in the manner of a bird”) + -er (“forming agent nouns”).
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Forms
plural: peckersSynonyms
13 synonyms- obscene terms for penis:cockshafttoolputz
- bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects:woodpeckerpeckerwood
- horny projecting mouth of a bird:beakbillnebnib
Word family
17 related wordsSee also
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