Peck \Peck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pecked; p. pr. & vb. n. Pecking.]

[See Pick, v.]

1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.

2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.

3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up. --Addison.

This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. --Shak.

4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)