adjective
- slightly hungry
- irritable or bad-tempered
Usage: informal; chiefly British
Usage: informal
Examples
- I’m feeling a bit peckish – do you have any snacks?
- She gets peckish around three o’clock every afternoon.
- The long meeting made everyone peckish for lunch.
- He was rather peckish after his nap and snapped at his sister.
- Don’t mind her peckish mood – she’s just tired.
- I could eat something light; I’m only slightly peckish.