peckish

2 definitions found

peckish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  peckish \peck"ish\, a.
     Inclined to eat; hungry. [Colloq.] "When shall I feel peckish
     again?" --Beaconsfield.
     [1913 Webster]

peckish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  peckish
      adj 1: somewhat hungry
      2: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young
         man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn:
         cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish,
         peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy,
         tetchy, techy]