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Peck

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Noun

1. 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

(often followed by of') a large number or amount or extent

Example Sentences:
'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'

2. peck

a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons

3. peck

a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches

Verb

4. beak, peck, pick

hit lightly with a picking motion

5. peck, pick up

eat by pecking at, like a bird

6. peck, smack

kiss lightly

7. peck, peck at, pick at

eat like a bird

Example Sentences:
'The anorexic girl just picks at her food'

8. hen-peck, nag, peck

bother persistently with trivial complaints

Example Sentences:
'She nags her husband all day long'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Peck

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noun
1. 
a unit of dry measure equal to 8 quarts or one quarter of a bushel
2. 
a container used for measuring this quantity
3. 
a large quantity or number
verb
1. (when intr, sometimes foll by at)
to strike with the beak or with a pointed instrument
2. (transitive; sometimes foll by out)
to dig (a hole) by pecking
3. (transitive)
(of birds) to pick up (corn, worms, etc) by pecking
4. (intransitive; often foll by at)
to nibble or pick (at one's food)
5. informal
to kiss (a person) quickly and lightly
6. (intransitive; foll by at)
to nag
noun
7. 
a quick light blow, esp from a bird's beak
8. 
a mark made by such a blow
9. informal
a quick light kiss
noun
Gregory. 1916–2003, US film actor; his films include Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Gunfighter (1950), The Big Country (1958), To Kill a Mockingbird (1963), The Omen (1976), and Other People's Money (1991)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Peck

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verb transitive
1. 
to strike with a pointed object, as with a beak
2. 
to make by doing this
to peck a hole
3. 
to pick up with the beak; get by pecking
verb intransitive
4. 
to make strokes as with a pointed object
noun
5. 
a stroke so made, as with the beak
6. 
a mark made as by pecking
7.  Informal
a quick, casual kiss
a peck on the forehead
noun
1. 
a unit of dry measure, equal to 1⁄4 bushel or 8 dry quarts (8.8096 dry liters or 0.3111 cubic foot)
abbrev. pk
2. 
any container with a capacity of one peck
3.  Informal
a large amount, as of trouble

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Peck

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v. pecked, peck·ing, pecks
v.tr.
1. To strike with the beak or a pointed instrument.
2. To make (a hole, for example) by striking repeatedly with the beak or a pointed instrument.
3. To grasp and pick up with the beak: The bird pecked insects from the log.
4. Informal To kiss briefly and casually.
v.intr.
1. To make strokes with the beak or a pointed instrument.
2. To eat in small sparing bits; nibble: He pecked at his dinner.
3. To make repeated criticisms; carp: pecked at the kitchen staff.
n.
1.
a. A stroke or light blow with the beak or a pointed instrument.
b. A mark or hole made by such a stroke.
2. Informal A light quick kiss.
n.
1. Abbr. pk.
a. A unit of dry volume or capacity in the US Customary System equal to 8 quarts or approximately 537.6 cubic inches.
b. A unit of dry volume or capacity in the British Imperial System equal to 8 quarts or approximately 554.8 cubic inches.
2. A container holding or measuring a peck.
3. Informal A large quantity; a lot: a peck of troubles.
American actor noted for his portrayals of strong and courageous characters in films such as Moby Dick (1956) and To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), for which he won an Academy Award.
American explorer and mountain climber. Her most notable ascents include the volcano Popocatépetl in Mexico (1897) and Huascarán in the Peruvian Andes (1908).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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