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peck·ish
(pĕk′ĭsh)adj.
1. Ill-tempered; irritable.
2. Chiefly British Somewhat hungry.
[From peck, to eat.]
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peckish
(ˈpɛkɪʃ)adj
informal chiefly Brit feeling slightly hungry; having an appetite
[C18: from peck2]
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peck•ish
(ˈpɛk ɪʃ)adj. Chiefly Brit.
somewhat hungry.
[1775–85]
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Adj. | 1. | peckish - somewhat hungry Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom hungry - feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people" |
2. | peckish - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" irritable, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy, scratchy, nettlesome, cranky, fractious ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
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ذو شَهِـيَّة شَديدَه
vyhládlý
småsulten
svangur
çok açkarnı zil çalan
peckish
[ˈpekɪʃ] ADJ → con ganas de comer algoI'm or I feel a bit peckish → tengo ganas de comer algo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
peckish
[ˈpɛkɪʃ] adj (British) (= hungry) to be peckish → avoir un creuxto feel a bit peckish → avoir un petit creux
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
peckish
adj (Brit inf: = hungry) I’m (feeling) a bit peckish → ich könnte was zwischen die Zähne gebrauchen (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
peckish
[ˈpɛkɪʃ] adj (Brit) (fam) to feel a bit peckish → avere un languorinoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
peck
(pek) verb1. (of birds) to strike or pick up with the beak, usually in order to eat. The birds pecked at the corn; The bird pecked his hand.
2. to eat very little. She just pecks (at) her food.
3. to kiss quickly and briefly. She pecked her mother on the cheek.
noun1. a tap or bite with the beak. The bird gave him a painful peck on the hand.
2. a brief kiss. a peck on the cheek.
ˈpeckish adjective rather hungry. I feel a bit peckish.
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