Synonyms of pecked

pecked

verb

past tense of peck

1

as in nibbled

to eat reluctantly and in small bites

found out that fashion models never really eat—they just peck at small meals in expensive restaurants

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nibbled
• picked
• snacked
• grazed
• tasted
• noshed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gorged
• swilled
• pigged out
• overate
• gormandized

2

as in stabbed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

the bird continued to peck the suet cake intently

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabbed
• punctured
• pierced
• jabbed
• picked
• stuck
• spitted
• speared
• poked
• impaled
• punched
• skewered
• gored
• pinked
• sliced
• harpooned
• lanced
• transfixed
• spiked
• ran through
• transpierced
• spindled
• perforated
• pricked
• riddled
• bayoneted
• knifed
• cut
• bayonetted
• thrust
• pronged
• quilled
• piked
• poniarded
• dirked
• gimleted
• pinpricked