pecker

[ pek-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that pecks. peck.
2. a bird's bill.
3. a woodpecker.
4. Slang: Vulgar. penis.
5. British Slang. one's spirits or courage.

pecker

/ ˈpɛkə /

noun

1. slang.
   spirits (esp in the phrase keep one's pecker up )
2. informal.
   short for woodpecker
3. slang.
   a slang word for penis

Word History and Origins

Origin of pecker¹

First recorded in 1580–90; peck ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Concrete peckers will be used to take the old bridge away before the debris is removed and the new bridge will be wheeled down the motorway and fitted into place.

From BBC

Anthuriums — striking tropical plants — are also known as flamingo flowers, pigtail plants and, er, peckers on a platter.

From New York Times

One of the hosts at the blackjack table hooted with derisive laughter, yelling at them, “You ain’t got no guns! What are you gonna hold ’em up with, your peckers?”

From The Verge

There were blue jays, which are very quarrelsome birds, and black-and- white peckers that pecked holes in the yucca stalks and the poles of my roof, even in the whale bones of the fence.

From Literature

She lingered uncertainly among complacent wood peckers from the north.

From Literature

Related Words

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