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pikking.

pecking; the act or process of striking or gathering food with a beak

7 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɪkː.ɪŋ/
  1. pecking; the act or process of striking or gathering food with a beak

    feminine · masculine
  2. light knocking or tapping

    feminine · masculine
  3. hacking or chipping with a pointed tool

    feminine · masculine
  4. the production of a faint tapping or ticking sound

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From pikke (“to peck; knock, tap; hack, chip; tick”) + -ing (“action/result-forming noun suffix”), from the native verb inherited from Old Norse pikka (“to hack, prick”), originally an onomatopoeic formation.

noun/ˈpɪkː.ɪŋ/
  1. the act of picking up, collecting, or fetching something

    feminine · masculine
  2. the act of acquiring or gathering knowledge or information

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From pikke (“to pick up, collect, fetch; acquire knowledge”) + -ing (“action/result-forming noun suffix”), from the verb borrowed from English pick (“to collect, gather”), especially as used in the expression pikke opp after English pick up (“to collect, fetch; acquire”).

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