meaning of peck
1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.
2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
3. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.
4. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc. , with repeated quick movements.
5. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up.
6. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
7. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.
8. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
9. A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.
10. a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537. 605 cubic inches
Related Words
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