peckish

peck·ish  (pksh)

adj.

1. Ill-tempered; irritable.

2. Chiefly British Somewhat hungry.

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[From peck, to eat.]

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peckish

Adjective

Informal feeling slightly hungry

Thesaurus

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 (BRIT) (col): I feel peckish → tengo ganas de picar algo

peckish [ˈpɛkɪʃ] peck adj (Brit) (inf);

I feel peckish → je mangerais bien quelque chose, j'ai la dent

peckish [ˈpɛkɪʃ] peck (Brit) (inf) adj (= hungry) → leicht hungrig;

I'm feeling peckish → ich könnte was zu essen gebrauchen

peckish [ˈpɛkɪʃ] adj (BRIT ) (col): I feel peckish → ho un languorino