pecking
peck-ing
verb
Using a beak or mouth to strike or bite repeatedly at something.
"The bird was pecking at the seeds."
noun
The act of striking with a beak; also, a social hierarchy within a group.
"He understood the office pecking order."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: batch, mess, stack, slew, quite a little, great deal, heap, mint, mass, raft, pot, passel