peckish
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ɪʃ adjective Chiefly British Informal.
1.
somewhat hungry: By noon we were feeling a bit peckish.
2.
rather irritable: He's always a bit peckish after his nap.
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| —adj | |
| informal chiefly (Brit) feeling slightly hungry; having an appetite | |
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Peckish
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
But now that the dust has settled, some of us are feeling nothing but peckish.
Both beaches have great lunch spots if the hike has left you feeling peckish.
New findings suggest that hunger affects how food tastes by making peckish people more sensitive to sweetness and saltiness.
He would even smuggle food back to the imperial bedchamber in case he felt peckish.
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