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    peckish
    /ˈpɛkɪʃ/

    adjective

    • 1. hungry: informal British "I hadn't eaten and was quite peckish"

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  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPECKISH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Peckish means slightly hungry, especially in the UK. Learn how to use this adjective, its synonyms, and its pronunciation, and see examples from corpora and sources on the web.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › peckishPeckish Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Peckish is an adjective that means hungry or crotchety, especially in British English. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles of peckish from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › peckishPeckish - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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?" Some people wake up in the morning feeling ...

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    Peckish definition: somewhat hungry. See examples of PECKISH used in a sentence.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPECKISH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Definition of 'peckish' Word Frequency. peckish. (pekɪʃ ) adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you say that you are feeling peckish, you mean that you are slightly hungry. [British, informal] All of this was making me feel a bit peckish. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › peckishPeckish - definition of peckish by The Free Dictionary

    Peckish means feeling slightly hungry or having an appetite, especially in British English. Find out how to say peckish in different languages, such as Spanish, French, German, and Italian.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionpeckish adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

    Definition of peckish adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.