pecker
noun
Simple meaning
A bird's beak.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
pihkerIPA pronunciation (US)
pɪkɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
UK regional
A bird's beak.
Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly
zoology
A bird, particularly a member of the group including the woodpeckers, flowerpeckers, oxpeckers, and berrypeckers.
(UK colloquial, by extension, from the expression 'keep one's pecker up') Spirits, nerve, courage.
UK regional
Bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
UK regional
Horny projecting mouth of a bird
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C2 · Proficient (estimated)
- Frequency
- Rare
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This meaning: (UK regional) A bird's beak.
Used this way, pecker is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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Inflected forms
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Hit lightly with a picking motion.
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