pecker
English
/ˈpɛkə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly:
- (UK) A nose.
- (UK) Spirits, nerve, courage.
- (chiefly) Short for peckerwood ("whitey; white trash")
- (chiefly) Short for peckerhead ("dickhead; an aggressive or objectionable idiot").
- (US) ("an electric motor's junction or terminal connection box, where power cords are connected to the winding leads").
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pekker affix from English peck (pick at something in the manner of a bird).
Origin
English
peck
Gloss
pick at something in the manner of a bird
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ant English
- antpecker English
- berry English
- berrypecker English
- fig English
- figpecker English
- flower English
- flowerpecker English
- ground English
- groundpecker English
- henpeck English
- nut English
- nutpecker English
- ox English
- oxpecker English
- peck English
- peckerless English
- peckest English
- pecketh English
- peckish English
- pecky English
- wood English
- woodpeck English
- woodpecker English
- woodpeckerlike English
- woodpeckerologist English
- woodpeckerology English
- pecken Middle English
- pekker Middle English