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adjective
- 1. hungry: informal British "I hadn't eaten and was quite peckish"
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Peckish means slightly hungry, and is often used to describe children or animals. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, and see synonyms and translations.
- English (US)
PECKISH meaning: 1. slightly hungry: 2. slightly hungry: ....
- Peckish in Traditional Chinese
PECKISH translate: 微餓的. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Simplified
PECKISH translate: 微饿的. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Znaczenie Peckish, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
PECKISH definicja: 1. slightly hungry: 2. slightly hungry: ....
- Peckish: Arabic Translation
PECKISH translate: جائع. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Peckish: Polish Translation
PECKISH translate: głodnawy, głodny. Learn more in the...
- Peckish: French Translation
peckish translate: qui a le ventre creux. Learn more in the...
- Peckish: Italian Translation
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- English (US)
1. chiefly British : hungry. 2. : crotchety. Synonyms. empty. famished. hungry. starved. starving. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of peckish in a Sentence. If you're feeling peckish, there's some cheese in the fridge. a peckish tone of voice.
Peckish is an informal adjective that means feeling slightly hungry or irritable. It comes from peck, meaning to eat or provender, and has been used since the 18th century.
Peckish means slightly hungry, according to the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary. Find out how to say peckish in different languages, such as Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese.
Peckish means feeling slightly hungry or having an appetite, especially in British informal speech. Learn the word origin, pronunciation, collocations, and usage examples of peckish from Collins Dictionary.
If you're peckish, you're a tad hungry (not starving, but hungry enough to poke around the kitchen cabinets). While the informal word peckish is more common in the UK, most people in North America will know what you mean if you say, "I'm feeling a little peckish — should we make some popcorn?"
Definition of peckish adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.