Meanings

1. na-adjectivevery hungry; starving; famished
2. adverb, suru verbbowing repeatedly; kowtowing; bowing and scraping; being obsequious; being servile
3. adverb, adverb (to), suru verb, na-adjectivedenting; buckling; giving (in)

Examples

• お腹がぺこぺこです。

  I'm starved.

• 上役にやたらにぺこぺこするな。

  Don't be subservient to your boss.

• 彼は借金を頼みに頭をペコペコ下げてやって来た。

  He came crawling to me to ask for a loan.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).