pecker

noun

peck·​er ˈpe-kər 

1

: one that pecks

2

chiefly British : courage

3

usually vulgar : penis

Synonyms

• bottle [British slang]
• bravery
• courage
• courageousness
• daring
• daringness
• dauntlessness
• doughtiness
• fearlessness
• gallantry
• greatheartedness
• guts
• gutsiness
• hardihood
• heart
• heroism
• intestinal fortitude
• intrepidity
• intrepidness
• moxie
• nerve
• prowess
• stoutness
• valor
• virtue

Examples of pecker in a Sentence

Churchillian speeches that encouraged Britons to keep their pecker up during those trying times.

Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1