Definitions for peck
pɛkpeck

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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, wadnoun

   (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. pecknoun

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

3. peckverb

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

4. peck, pick, beakverb

   hit lightly with a picking motion

5. peck, pick upverb

   eat by pecking at, like a bird

6. smack, peckverb

   kiss lightly

7. pick at, peck at, peckverb

   eat like a bird

   "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"

8. nag, peck, hen-peckverb

   bother persistently with trivial complaints

   "She nags her husband all day long"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pecknoun

   One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.

   They picked a peck of wheat.

2. pecknoun

   A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.

   She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.

3. pecknoun

   A short kiss.

   I greeted him with a quick peck on the cheek.

4. peckverb

   To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird) or similar instrument.

   The birds pecked at their food.

5. peckverb

   To do something in small, intermittent pieces.

   He has been pecking away at that project for some time now.

6. peckverb

   To type by searching for each key individually.

7. peckverb

   To type in general.

8. peckverb

   To kiss.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pecknoun

   Etymology: from pocca , or perhaps from fat , a vessel. Stephen Skinner

   1. The fourth part of a bushel.

   Burn our vessels, like a new
   Seal’d peck or bushel, for being true. Hudibras.

   To every hill of ashes, some put a peck of unslacked lime, which they cover with the ashes till rain slacks the lime, and then they spread them. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

   He drove about his turnips in a cart;
   And from the same machine sold pecks of pease. King.

   2. Proverbially. [In low language.] A great deal.

   Her finger was so small, the ring
   Would not stay on which they did bring;
   It was too wide a peck;
   It look’d like the great collar just
   About our young colt’s neck. John Suckling.

2. To PECKverb

   Etymology: becquer, French; picken, Dutch.

   1. To strike with the beak as a bird.2. To pick up food with the beak.

   She was his only joy, and he her pride,
   She, when he walk’d, went pecking by his side. Dryden.

   Can any thing be more surprising, than to consider Marcus Tullius Cicero observing, with a religious attention, after what manner the chickens pecked the grains of corn thrown them. Addison.

   3. To strike with any pointed instrument.

   With a pick-ax of iron about sixteen inches long, sharpened at the one end to peck, and flat headed at the other to drive little iron wedges to cleave rocks. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall.

   4. To strike; to make blows.

   Two contrary factions, both inveterate enemies of our church, which they are perpetually pecking and striking at with the same malice. Robert South, Sermons.

   They will make head against a common enemy, whereas mankind lie pecking at one another, till they are torn to pieces. Roger L'Estrange.

   5. The following passage is perhaps more properly written to peck, to throw.

   Get up o’ th’ rail, I’ll peck you o’er the pales else. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Peck

   A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 2 dry gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints. An imperial peck is equivalent to 9.09 liters and a US customary peck is equivalent to 8.81 liters. Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel. Although the peck is no longer widely used, some produce, such as apples, are still often sold by the peck in the U.S. (although it is obsolete in the UK, found only in the old nursery rhyme "Peter Piper" and in the Bible – e.g., Matthew 5:15 in some older translations).

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. peck

   A peck is a unit of dry volume used in the United States and United Kingdom, equivalent to 8 quarts or approximately 8.809 liters. Additionally, it can also refer to a quick, sharp stroke or a light kiss, usually done with the beak by birds or affectionately by people.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Pecknoun

   the fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat

2. Pecknoun

   a great deal; a large or excessive quantity

3. Peck

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

4. Peck

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

5. Peck

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

6. Peck

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

7. Peckverb

   to make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument

8. Peckverb

   to pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat

9. Pecknoun

   a quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument

10. Etymology: [See Pick, v.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Peck

   pek, n. a measure of capacity for dry goods=2 gallons, or one-fourth of a bushel: a great amount. [M. E. pekke, prob. from peck, 'to pick up.']

2. Peck

   pek, v.t. to strike with the beak: to pick up with the beak: to eat: to strike with anything pointed: to strike with repeated blows.—ns. Peck′er, that which pecks: a woodpecker: (slang) spirit, as in 'to keep one's pecker up'=to keep up one's spirits; Peck′ing, the sport of throwing pebbles at birds.—adj. Peck′ish, somewhat hungry. [Pick.]

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1. PECK

   What does PECK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the PECK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PECK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Peck is ranked #864 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Peck surname appeared 40,055 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 14 would have the surname Peck.
   
   90.6% or 36,322 total occurrences were White.
   3.6% or 1,442 total occurrences were Black.
   2.6% or 1,057 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 673 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 360 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 200 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • British Capacity Unit
   • Complain
   • Eat
   • Kiss
   • Large Indefinite Quantity

How to pronounce peck?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say peck in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of peck in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of peck in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of peck in a Sentence

1. Orville Peck:

   I spent most of my career as a performer trying to be something I wasn't, i just finally realized that I could just be Orville Peck... and be what I always wanted to be, which was a country Western star.

2. Miguel de Cervantes:

   It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him.

3. Kizza Ronald:

   When a crow tries to peck your eye when your still alive, checkout your surrounding

4. Jo Peck:

   He can get horses to do things that other people just can't get them to do, he has this almost telepathic conversation that goes on... it's almost like a communication with his horses. The way he asks them to do things is very different from the way a show jumper would ask his or Jo Peck horse to do something.

5. Paul Peronard:

   Normally you at least see it, but you can't see it, you can't smell it. ... We're going to have to hunt and peck through ice to get it out.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=peck
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Peck
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=peck
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peck
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peck
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=peck
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html