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pecker
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pecker has 3 senses
- pecker(n = noun.body) cock, dick, peter, prick, putz, shaft, tool - obscene terms for penis; Array is a kind of member, penis, phallus
- pecker(n = noun.animal) peckerwood, woodpecker - bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects; Array is a kind of piciform bird
- pecker(n = noun.animal) beak, bill, neb, nib - horny projecting mouth of a bird; Array is a part of bird
is a member of family picidae, picidae
has particulars: green woodpecker, picus viridis, downy woodpecker, flicker, campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpecker, ivorybill, melanerpes erythrocephalus, redhead, redheaded woodpecker, sapsucker, wryneck, piculet
has particulars: cere
is a kind of mouth
Derived forms verb peck2, verb peck1
CIDE DICTIONARY
pecker, n.
- One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker. [1913 Webster]
- An instrument for pecking; a pick. Garth. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pecker, n.
1 a bird that pecks (woodpecker).
2 US coarse sl. the penis.
1 a bird that pecks (woodpecker).
2 US coarse sl. the penis.
Idiom
keep your pecker up Brit. colloq. remain cheerful.
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