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PECK
peck
(noun) a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
peck
(noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
(noun) (often followed by âofâ) a large number or amount or extent; âa batch of lettersâ; âa deal of troubleâ; âa lot of moneyâ; âhe made a mint on the stock marketâ; âsee the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photosâ; âit must have cost plentyâ; âa slew of journalistsâ; âa wad of moneyâ
nag, peck, hen-peck
(verb) bother persistently with trivial complaints; âShe nags her husband all day longâ
peck, pick up
(verb) eat by pecking at, like a bird
peck, pick, beak
(verb) hit lightly with a picking motion
smack, peck
(verb) kiss lightly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Peck
A surname.
A city in Idaho.
A village in Michigan.
A town in Wisconsin.
Etymology 1
Verb
peck (third-person singular simple present pecks, present participle pecking, simple past and past participle pecked)
(ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
(transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
To type by searching for each key individually.
(rare) To type in general.
To kiss briefly.
Noun
peck (plural pecks)
An act of striking with a beak.
A small kiss.
Etymology 2
Noun
peck (plural pecks)
One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
Etymology 3
Verb
peck (third-person singular simple present pecks, present participle pecking, simple past and past participle pecked)
(regional) To throw.
To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
Etymology 4
Noun
peck (uncountable)
Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
Etymology 5
Noun
peck (plural pecks)
Misspelling of pec.
Source: Wiktionary
Peck, n. Etym: [Perh. akin to pack; or, orig., an indefinite quantity, and fr. peck, v. (below): cf. also F. picotin a peak.]
1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat. "A peck of provender." Shak.
2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. "A peck of uncertainties and doubts." Milton.
Peck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pecked; p. pr. & vb. n. Pecking.] Etym: [See Pick, v.]
1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.
2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.
3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up. Addison. This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. Shak.
4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
Peck, v. i.
1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument. Carew.
2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat. [The hen] went pecking by his side. Dryden. To peck at, to attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at; to nag; to tease.
Peck, n.
Definition: A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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