[{"word":"pecking","phonetic":"/ˈpɛkɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈpɛkɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The birds pecked at their food."},{"definition":"To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to peck a hole in a tree"},{"definition":"To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To do something in small, intermittent pieces.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He has been pecking away at that project for some time now."},{"definition":"To type by searching for each key individually.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To type in general.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To kiss briefly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To throw.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which something is pecked.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the peckings of hungry chickens"},{"definition":"The ancient skill of shaping stone into tools, containers, or artworks.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The sport of throwing pebbles at birds.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peck","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pecking"]}]