peck in English dictionary

  • peck

    Meanings and definitions of "peck"

    • One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
    • A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
    • A short kiss.
    • To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird) or similar instrument.
    • To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
    • To type by searching for each key individually.
    • (rare) To type in general.
    • A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons.
    • To hit lightly with a picking motion.
    • noun
      An act of pecking.
    • noun
      A small kiss.
    • noun
      Misspelling of [i]pec[/i].
    • noun
      One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
    • noun
      A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
    • noun
      Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
    • verb
      To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird) or similar instrument.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
    • verb
      To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
    • verb
      To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
    • verb
      To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
    • verb
      To type by searching for each key individually.
    • verb
      (rare)
      To type in general.
    • verb
      To kiss briefly.
    • verb
      (regional)
      To throw.
    • verb
      To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of teh flat of the foot.
    • An Imperial unit of dry volume equal to eight dry quarts.
    • (to) peck
    • To bother persistently with trivial complaints.
    • a dry measure (316c. in.)
    • A short kiss
    • To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird) or similar instrument
    • (For a bird) To eat by small pieces with one's beak or bill.
    • noun
      a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
    • noun
      a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
    • noun
      (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"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
    • verb
      bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long"
    • verb
      eat by pecking at, like a bird
    • verb
      eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
    • verb
      hit lightly with a picking motion
    • verb
      kiss lightly

    Synonyms of "peck" in English dictionary

    United States dry unit, great deal, mint are the top synonyms of "peck" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of peck

    • peck ( plural  pecks)
    • peck ( third-person singular simple present pecks, present participle pecking, simple past and past participle pecked)
    • peck (plural pecks)
    • peck (uncountable)
    • peck (third-person singular simple present pecks, present participle pecking, simple past and past participle pecked)
  • Peck

    Meanings and definitions of "peck"

    • proper
      A surname.
    • proper
      A city in Idaho.
    • proper
      A village in Michigan.
    • proper
      A town in Wisconsin.

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