peck·ish (p k  sh)adj. 1. Ill-tempered; irritable. 2. Chiefly British Somewhat hungry. [From peck, to eat.] |
peckish [ˈpɛkɪʃ]
adj
Informal chiefly Brit feeling slightly hungry; having an appetite
[from peck2]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Adj. | 1. | peckish - somewhat hungry Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom hungry - feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people" |
| 2. | peckish - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" irritable, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy, scratchy, nettlesome, cranky, fractious ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
Translations
peckish [ˈpɛkɪʃ] adj (British) (= hungry) to be peckish → avoir un creux
to feel a bit peckish → avoir un petit creux
to feel a bit peckish → avoir un petit creux
peckish
adj (Brit inf: = hungry) I’m (feeling) a bit peckish → ich könnte was zwischen die Zähne gebrauchen (inf)
peckish [ˈpɛkɪʃ] adj (Brit) (fam) to feel a bit peckish → avere un languorino
peckish [ˈpɛkɪʃ] adj (Brit) (fam) to feel a bit peckish → avere un languorino
peckish [ˈpɛkɪʃ] adj (Brit) (fam) to feel a bit peckish → avere un languorino
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