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Definition of Pecker
1. Noun. Obscene terms for penis.
Generic synonyms: Member, Penis, Phallus
Language type: Dirty Word, Filth, Obscenity, Smut, Vulgarism
2. Noun. Bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects.
Generic synonyms: Piciform Bird
Group relationships: Family Picidae, Picidae
Specialized synonyms: Green Woodpecker, Picus Viridis, Downy Woodpecker, Flicker, Campephilus Principalis, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Ivorybill, Melanerpes Erythrocephalus, Redhead, Redheaded Woodpecker, Sapsucker, Wryneck, Piculet
3. Noun. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
Group relationships: Bird
Specialized synonyms: Cere
Generic synonyms: Mouth
Derivative terms: Beak, Peck, Peck
Definition of Pecker
1. n. One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker.
Definition of Pecker
1. Noun. Anything that pecks, such as a bird, or the bill of a bird. ¹
2. Noun. Woodpecker. ¹
3. Noun. (slang) The penis. ¹
4. Noun. (chiefly British slang) The mouth ¹
5. Noun. (chiefly British) Spirits, nerve, courage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pecker
1. one that pecks [n -S] - See also: pecks
Medical Definition of Pecker
1.
1. One who, or that which, pecks; specif, a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker.
2. An instrument for pecking; a pick. Flower pecker.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pecker
Literary usage of Pecker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1916)
"James pecker of Haverhill, Mass., was a surgeon in the Continental Army, ...
His grandfather, Jeremiah pecker, was for a lifetime a very prominent citizen ..."
2. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of by Ezra Scollay Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Edward Everett Parker, Lewis Publishing Company, Lewis publishing company, Chicago (1908)
"In 1816 Albe Cady, William Low and Jeremiah pecker were appointed ... In 1822
Jeremiah pecker. Robert Davis, third, and Joseph Low were appointed ..."
3. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by George Francis Dow (1914)
"Davis deposed that the day the breach was made in the sawmill, Ensign James pecker
was absent at the house of Mr. John Ward in Haverill, and deponent's son, ..."
4. Story-hour Plays by Frances Sankstone Mintz (1915)
"Flower pecker. Oh, grandfather, surely you are not going to eat me? ... Flower pecker.
Yes, only let me go, and I will fetch you such a talisman as never ..."
5. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1890)
"There are some small birds also, which have hooked talons; the wood-pecker, for
example, surnamed " of Mars," of considerable importance in the auspices. ..."
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