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What does hunt-and-peck mean?

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Adjective
  1. Describing a method of typing used by a person unfamiliar with the layout of a keyboard or keypad 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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The MobilePro 790 doesn't require painfully slow handwriting recognition or hunt-and-peck typing.
The single-finger hunt-and-peck typing is frustrating and slow.
It's just about impossible to type normally on the simulated keyboard, since it's across from the user's hands, not below them, making e-mail a hunt-and-peck affair.
Mr. Giordano had used a computer for more than a decade but found that his hunt-and-peck typing had hampered his proficiency.
Trying to piece together an artist's career, or track a motif, or compare styles becomes a frustrating hunt-and-peck process.
Mr. McClellan, who takes a hunt-and-peck approach to the keyboard, joined HomeBanc in September.

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