picossejar

From picar +‎ -ós- +‎ -ejar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pi.ku.səˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pi.ko.səˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pi.ko.seˈd͡ʒaɾ]

picossejar (first-person singular present picossejo, first-person singular preterite picossegí, past participle picossejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /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.

• espicossar
• picossada

• “picossejar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007