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; "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; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"

Verb
eat by pecking at, like a bird

Verb
hit lightly with a picking motion

Verb
kiss lightly

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n.
The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

n.
A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.

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

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

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

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

v. i.
To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.

v. i.
To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.

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

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Peck

Peck, n. [Perh. akin to pack; or, orig., an indefinite quantity, and fr. peck, v. (below): cf. also F. picotin a peak.] 1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat. "A peck of provender." Shak. 2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. "A peck of uncertainties and doubts." Milton.

Peck

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.

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

Peck

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.

To peck at, to attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at; to nag; to tease.

Peck

Peck , n. A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.

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

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

To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.