Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A slow method of typing in which an untrained typist seeks out each key before striking it.
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- adjective Describing a method of
typing used by a person unfamiliar with thelayout of akeyboard orkeypad in which the person has to search for the keys to be pressed or struck one by one and uses one or both index fingers to operate the keys; also used to describe a typist who uses this technique.
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Examples
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Endgadget pointed up that they could use the keyboard easily in landscape mode, but were forced to do hunt-and-peck in portrait mode.
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She stated that if they aren't taught to use all of their fingers, they frequently can't relinquish the hunt-and-peck pattern.
Rae Pica: Just Say "No" to Keyboarding in Kindergarten Rae Pica 2011
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It seems his class had received no keyboarding instruction prior to this, and her primary concern was that "hunt-and-peck" would become her grandson's "default brain template."
Rae Pica: Just Say "No" to Keyboarding in Kindergarten Rae Pica 2011
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Another cool thing about the phone: Its touch-screen menu mimics that of the home screen on your iPhone or Android device—far easier than the archaic hunt-and-peck menu systems so many digital cameras still use today.
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She stated that if they aren't taught to use all of their fingers, they frequently can't relinquish the hunt-and-peck pattern.
Rae Pica: Just Say "No" to Keyboarding in Kindergarten Rae Pica 2011
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It seems his class had received no keyboarding instruction prior to this, and her primary concern was that "hunt-and-peck" would become her grandson's "default brain template."
Rae Pica: Just Say "No" to Keyboarding in Kindergarten Rae Pica 2011
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This is what we are doing here, blogging away furiously or hunt-and-peck and checking the speller.
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Letter by letter, this hunt-and-peck process is enough to leave users yearning for a real keyboard.
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Geoff noted that the old man had a sleepy, hunt-and-peck style to his typing.
The Naked Mountain 2010
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That responsiveness and the relatively large keys of the virtual keyboard makes for a fine typing experience, at least for hunt-and-peck typists.
The Apple iPad reviewed: Superb, though still developing 2010
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