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hunt and peck

or ܲԳ-Ի-𳦰

noun

  1. a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hunt and peck1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Washington started at its own 14 with 5:34 remaining and began to hunt and peck its way down the field.

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We know he’s a tremendous talent at quarterback, so we’ll have to hunt and peck and make adjustments.”

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With a hunt and peck at the keyboard, he exercised some editorial license and added: “You can do it. I love you.”

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I just kind of hunt and peck now.

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Héloïse, recently plucked from a convent to be married off, has only ever heard organ music; Marianne can hunt and peck her way through Vivaldi on a harpsichord, but that’s about it.

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