突く
Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
1. to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge (Usually kana)
2. to peck at (one's food); to pick at (Usually kana)
3. to peck at (someone's faults, etc.) (Usually kana)
4. to egg on; to put up to (Usually kana)
Other spellings
突付くつつく
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
つつく
Examples8
藪
It's not good to wake a sleeping snake.
きつつき
Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there.
鳥
Birds are pecking at the grounds.
ヒヨコ
The chickens were scratching for food on the ground.
やぶ
Let sleeping dogs lie.
彼
He elbowed me in the ribs.