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third-person singular simple present pechs, present participle peching, simple past and past participle peched
(Scotland, Northern England) To pant, to struggle for breath. quotations examples
An' as they breisted the lang lang hill / The puir horse graned and peched.
1913, John Buchan, Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall, page 136
Then Chris saw Bruce, the porter, come in, with the mark on his jaw where his godfather hit him, then Leslie, the smith, paiching and sweating, he dropped his stick with an awful clatter.
1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 321
She peched and had to rest often.
1954, Robin Jenkins, The Thistle and the Grail, published 1994, page 225
When Graham reached him, however, he felt so exhausted he could not immediately explain; he had to sit on the ground, peching like a seal.
1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 207
If he could just stop breathing and listen but he was peching too much from the climb.
1994, James Kelman, How Late it Was, How Late