peck
phonetic symbol: / pék /
peck - English Dictionary
[ noun ]
■ a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
[ 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
→
batch
,
deal
,
flock
,
good deal
,
great deal
,
hatful
,
heap
,
lot
,
mass
,
mess
,
mickle
,
mint
,
mountain
,
muckle
,
passel
,
pile
,
plenty
,
pot
,
quite a little
,
raft
,
sight
,
slew
,
spate
,
stack
,
tidy sum
,
wad
[ verb ]
■ bother persistently with trivial complaints
→
hen-peck
,
nag
[ verb ]
■ eat like a bird
→
peck at
,
pick at
[ verb ]
■ eat by pecking at, like a bird
→
pick up
[ verb ]
■ hit lightly with a picking motion
→
beak
,
pick
[ verb ]
■ kiss lightly
→
smack
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