pecking; poking; picking
Refers to the act of lightly poking, pecking, or picking at something, often with a beak, finger, or tool. Used as a noun describing the action or the resulting mark.
The bird is pecking at the food.
He poked my shoulder with his finger.
Noun form of the verb 突く (つつく, 'to poke, peck'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it follows a common pattern of forming nouns from the continuative stem of verbs.