picossejar

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From picar +‎ -ós- +‎ -ejar.

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picossejar (first-person singular present picossejo, first-person singular preterite picossegí, past participle picossejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (transitive) to peck (injure or seize with the beak)
    • 2015, Josep Vallverdú, Viatge al segle XX:
      Si diem que menja com un ocellet no volem dir que picosseja el mill, o que s'alimenta de pinso; volem dir que menja poca quantitat.
      If we say that he eats like a bird, we don't mean that he pecks millet or that he subsists on feed; we mean that he eats small quantities.

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