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Meaning and definition for "peck" word
[noun] a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
[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"; "it must have cost plenty"
[verb] bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long"
[verb] eat like a bird
[verb] eat by pecking at; of birds
[verb] hit lightly with a picking motion
[verb] kiss lightly
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\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.
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
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 |
Related terms: abundance, barrel, batch, beak, bunt, bushel, flirt, flood, fret at, gobs, good deal, heap, henpeck, load, lump, pick on, quantities, scads, slew, superfluity, tons, whisk
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Let's analyse "peck" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: KCEP. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
peck: 5 = 5, reduced: 5 . and the final result is Five. |
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