Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An act of striking with a beak. · A small kiss.
To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird). · To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument. · To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements. · To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
From Middle English pecken, pekken, variant of Middle English piken, picken, pikken (“to pick, use a pointed implement”). More at pick.
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