Meaning & Definition of Peck in English
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Peck
/pɛk/
noun
1. (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"
synonym:
- 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
2. A british imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
synonym:
- peck
3. A united states dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
synonym:
- peck
verb
1. Hit lightly with a picking motion
synonym:
- peck,
- pick,
- beak
2. Eat by pecking at, like a bird
synonym:
- peck,
- pick up
3. Kiss lightly
synonym:
- smack,
- peck
4. Eat like a bird
- "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
synonym:
- pick at,
- peck at,
- peck
5. Bother persistently with trivial complaints
- "She nags her husband all day long"
synonym:
- nag,
- peck,
- hen-peck
Examples of using
Tom gave Mary a peck on the cheek.
She gave me a peck on the cheek.
One crow doesn't peck another's eye.