- Chiefly Brit. somewhat hungry
- cross; irritable
Origin of peckish
peck + -ishpeckish
peck·ish 
He's feeling a little peckish.
- An example of peckish is if you are in the mood for something to eat and feeling hunger pains in your stomach.
- An example of peckish is if you are over-tired and snapping at people.
The definition of peckish is hungry or cranky.
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peckish
adjective
- Ill-tempered; irritable.
- Chiefly British Somewhat hungry.
Origin of peckish
From peck 1 to eatTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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