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Peck Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Peck?
[n] a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
[n] a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons [n] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "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" [v] bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long" [v] eat like a bird [v] eat by pecking at; of birds [v] hit lightly with a picking motion [v] kiss lightly Synonyms | Synonyms for Peck: batch | beak | deal | flock | good deal | great deal | hatful | heap | hen-peck | lot | mass | mess | mickle | mint | muckle | nag | peck at | pick | pick at | pick up | pile | plenty | pot | quite a little | raft | sight | slew | smack | spate | stack | tidy sum | wad | whole lot | whole slew Related Terms | Find terms related to Peck: abundance | acres | bags | barrel | barrels | batch | beak | brush | bug | bunt | bushel | buss | carp at | chuck | considerable | copiousness | countlessness | dab | deal | fillip | flick | flip | flirt | flood | fret at | fuss at | gobs | good deal | graze | great deal | hassle | heap | heaps | henpeck | lashings | lip | load | loads | lot | lots | lump | mass | mess | mint | mountain | much | multitude | nag | nibble | nibble at | niggle | nosh | numerousness | ocean | oceans | oodles | osculate | pack | pat | peck at | pester | pick | pick at | pick on | pile | piles | plenitude | plenty | pot | power | profusion | quantities | quantity | quite a little | raft | rafts | rap | scads | sea | sight | slew | slews | smack | smooch | snack | snap | spate | stack | stacks | superabundance | superfluity | tap | tickle | tidy sum | tip | tons | touch | volume | wad | wads | whisk | whole slew | world | worlds | yap at See Also | British capacity unit | bushel | buss | complain | deluge | dry quart | eat | flood | Imperial capacity unit | inundation | kick | kiss | kvetch | large indefinite amount | large indefinite quantity | osculate | plain | quart | quetch | sound off | strike | torrent | United States dry unit Peck In Webster's Dictionary \Peck\, n. [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}.] [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. A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument. |
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