hunt and peck

noun

The hunt-and-peck typing technique.

Similar
two-fingered typing
Opposite
touch-type
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Meanings

nounhunt and peck (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingThe hunt-and-peck typing technique.

    Synonyms: two-fingered typing

verbhunt and peck (third-person singular simple present hunts and pecks, present participle hunting and pecking, simple past and past participle hunted and pecked)

present singular third person hunts and pecks · participle present hunting and pecking · participle past hunted and pecked · past hunted and pecked

  1. transitiveto typewrite in an awkward, unskilled way, with two or even a single finger.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe hunt-and-peck typing technique.

Similar
two-fingered typing
Opposite
touch-type
Also see
two-fingered typing

Origin

hunt + and + peck

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Translations

Czech datlovat, datlit
  • datlovattypewrite with two fingers only
  • datlittypewrite with two fingers only
Swedish pekfingervals
  • pekfingervalstypewrite with two fingers only
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APA

hunt and peck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunt%20and%20peck

MLA

“hunt and peck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunt%20and%20peck. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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