Peckish

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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},
           {pettish}, {petulant}, {testy}, {tetchy}, {techy}]