Definition of peckish

peckish    

adjective

• slightly hungry.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               
  
  Citation from "Episode 1", Little Britain (TV, 2004), Season 2 Episode 1 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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  Last edited on Dec 15 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.

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starve	Definitions include: to be very hungry.
fungry	Definitions include: very hungry.
hungarian	Definitions include: hungry.

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