Definitions for peckish

peckish peck·ish

Spelling: [pek-ish]
IPA: /ˈpɛk ɪʃ/

Peckish is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in peckish (cehikps).

Definitions for peckish

adjective

  1. somewhat hungry:
  2. rather irritable:

Origin of peckish

First recorded in 1775-85; peck2 + -ish1

Examples for peckish

"I'm peckish again," he said, climbing to the deck, and wiping the perspiration from his forehead with a piece of oily waste.

If youre going up in the air, Captain, youll be peckish, the man said.

And I am as peckish as I can be, said the boy, a rapid thought flashing through his mind.

The luncheon gong will go in a minute or two, and this keen air makes one peckish—Eh, what?

That's a sign that you're so peckish you could swallow anything.

Why, of course, this is their breakfast-time, and the sight of us has made them peckish.

We're not likely to be in time for table d'hte—not that I'm peckish.

If I felt sort of peckish they let me suck a little glass thermometer, but there is not much nourishment really in thermometers.

Well, now I'm off home, for its peckish work mowing on an empty belly, and the mother'll be looking out for me.

peckish is though more likely to be derived from the action of birds when eating, as all slang has its origin in metaphor.

Word Value for peckish
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Words with friends

19

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