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Definition of 'PECK'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) peck
a dry measure of 8 quarts; the fourth part of a bushel, equal to 537.6 cubic inches (8.81 liters).

2.  peck
a container for measuring this quantity.

3.  peck
a considerable quantity:
a peck of trouble.

4. (v.t.) peck
to strike or pierce with the beak, as a bird does, or with some pointed instrument.

5.  peck
to make (a hole, puncture, etc.) by doing this.

6.  peck
to take (food) bit by bit, with or as if with the beak.

7. (v.i.) peck
to make strokes with the beak or a pointed instrument.

8.  peck
peck at,

9.  peck
to nibble indifferently at (food).

10.  peck
to nag or carp at.

11. (n.) peck
a quick stroke, as in pecking.

12.  peck
a hole or mark made by or as if by pecking.

13.  peck
a quick, almost impersonal kiss.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME pecke < MD pecken; akin to pick¹)

Definition of 'PECK'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) 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
"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. (noun) peck
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons

3. (verb) peck
a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches

4. (verb) peck, pick, beak
hit lightly with a picking motion

5. (verb) peck, pick up
eat by pecking at, like a bird

6. (verb) smack, peck
kiss lightly

7. (verb) pick at, peck at, peck
eat like a bird
"The anorexic girl just picks at her food"

8. (verb) nag, peck, hen-peck
bother persistently with trivial complaints
"She nags her husband all day long"

Definition of 'PECK'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) peck
(of a bird) to tap with its beak
chickens pecking in the dirt

2. peck
to kiss quickly
He pecked her on the cheek and said goodbye.; a peck on the cheek

Definition of 'PECK'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) PECK
the fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat

2. (noun) PECK
a great deal; a large or excessive quantity

3. (noun) PECK
a quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument

4.  PECK
to strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree

5.  PECK
hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements

6.  PECK
to seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up

7.  PECK
to make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree

8. (verb) PECK
to make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument

9. (verb) PECK
to pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat

Translation of 'PECK'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (of birds) to strike or pick up with the beak, usually in order to eat The birds pecked at the corn; The bird pecked his hand.
Afrikaans: pik	Arabic: يَلْتَقِط بِمِنقارِه	Bulgarian: кълва
Brazilian: bicar	Czech: zobat, klovat	German: picken
Danish: pikke	Greek: ραμφίζω, τσιμπώ	Spanish: picotear
Estonian: nokkima	Farsi: نوک زدن	Finnish: nokkia
French: picorer	Hebrew: לְנַקֵר	Hindi: चोंच मारना
Croatian: kljucati	Hungarian: csipked	Indonesian: mematuk
Icelandic: gogga/kroppaí	Italian: beccare, colpire con il b	Japanese: ついばむ
Korean: 부리로 쪼다	Lithuanian: lesti, kapoti snapu	Latvian: knābāt
Malay: mematuk	Dutch: pikken	Norwegian: hakke
Polish: dziobać	Persian: نوک زدن	Pashto: په مښوكه وهل، په مښوكه سو
Portuguese: bicar	Romanian: a ciuguli	Russian: клевать
Slovak: zobať, ďobať	Slovenian: kljuvati	Serbian: kljucnuti
Swedish: picka, hacka	Thai: จิก	Turkish: gagalamak
Taiwanese: 啄	Ukrainian: клювати, дзьобати	Urdu: چڑيوں کا چونچ مارنا
Vietnamese: mổ	Chinese: 啄
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