peck
noun
1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Similar word(s): batch, deal, flock, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, pile, plenty, pot, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, wad
Definition categories: quantity
2. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
Definition categories: quantity
3. a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
Definition categories: quantity
Sentences with peck as a noun:
- They picked a peck of wheat.
- She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.
- an occurrence of peck in rice
verb
1. hit lightly with a picking motion
Definition categories: contact, strike
2. eat by pecking at, like a bird
Definition categories: consumption, eat
3. kiss lightly
Similar word(s): smack
Definition categories: contact, buss, kiss, osculate, snog
4. eat like a bird
Definition categories: consumption, eat
5. bother persistently with trivial complaints
Similar word(s): nag
Definition categories: communication, complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch
Sentences with peck as a verb:
- The birds pecked at their food.
- to peck a hole in a tree
- He has been pecking away at that project for some time now.