peckish

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

peckish
    adj 1: somewhat hungry
    2: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young
       man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn:
       {cranky}, {fractious}, {irritable}, {nettlesome}, {peevish},
       {peckish}, {pettish}, {petulant}, {scratchy}, {testy},
       {tetchy}, {techy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

peckish \peck"ish\, a.
   Inclined to eat; hungry. [Colloq.] "When shall I feel peckish
   again?" --Beaconsfield.
   [1913 Webster]