 peck |
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| 1. | [ verb ] hit lightly with a picking motion | |
| Synonyms: | beak pick | |
| Related terms: | strike beak | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (food) eat by pecking at; of birds | |
| Synonyms: | pick_up | |
| Related terms: | eat beak | |
| 3. | [ verb ] bother persistently with trivial complaints | |
| Synonyms: | nag hen-peck | |
| Examples: | "She nags her husband all day long" |
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| Related terms: | complain scold | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (food) eat like a bird | |
| Synonyms: | peck_at pick_at | |
| Examples: | "The anorexic girl just picks at her food" |
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| Related terms: | eat | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons | |
| Related terms: | British_capacity_unit bushel | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | |
| Synonyms: | mass lot good_deal great_deal pile plenty heap sight mint deal whole_lot flock quite_a_little raft pot slew stack mickle mess spate wad tidy_sum whole_slew muckle hatful batch | |
| Examples: | : "a batch of letters" "a deal of trouble" "a lot of money" "he made a mint on the stock market" "it must have cost plenty" |
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| Related terms: | large_indefinite_quantity flood jam heap | |
| 7. | [ verb ] kiss lightly | |
| Synonyms: | smack | |
| Related terms: | kiss smack | |
| 8. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 795 | |
| 9. | [ noun ] a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches | |
| Related terms: | United_States_dry_unit bushel quart | |
| Similar spelling: |
Peke peek peak pesky Pesce pekoe peaky Peaks Peake peach peace peachy pes peg Peachey peso Pegg pecs Peco Pech peag |
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