peckish

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You go through the airport and I'm thinking, well, I'm a little peckish because I ate a bowl of cereal at 3: 00 in the morning.

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  1. adjective Ill-tempered; irritable.
  2. adjective Chiefly British Somewhat hungry.

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  • Chapter Eleven Reid paced the confines of his small living room. —  Cry Mercy Cry Love
  • "I'm feeling a bit peckish, as a true Kiplingite might say." \cf0\expndtw0\fs20\par —  Never Come Down
  • She was getting rather peckish, in spite of having grazed briefly in the hydroponics garden aboard the Condor. —  Acorna's Rebels
  • You go through the airport and I'm thinking, well, I'm a little peckish because I ate a bowl of cereal at 3: 00 in the morning. —  CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2009
  • Mine is doing me dollups of good; I'm quite peckish, and jest a bit brown. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 15, 1892
 

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/ˈpɛkɪʃ/
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