Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hen peck

plural of hen peck

plural of Gregory Peck

present participle of hunt and peck

simple past tense and past participle of hunt and peck

(zoology) The natural hierarchy of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.

Describing a method of typing used by a person unfamiliar with the layout of a keyboard or keypad in which the person has to search for the keys to be pressed or struck one by one and uses one or both index fingers to operate the keys; also used to describe a typist who uses this technique.

(transitive) to typewrite in an awkward, unskilled way, with two or even a single finger.

(computing) The hunt-and-peck typing technique.

An abnormal behaviour of birds, primarily commercial egg-laying hens, characterised by pecking damage to the cloaca, the surrounding skin and underlying tissue.