Define the word peck"Peck" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
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.
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2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. "A peck of
uncertainties and doubts." --Milton.
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"Peck" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Peck \Peck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pecked (p[e^]kt); 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.
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2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with
a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc.,
with repeated quick movements.
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3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak;
to bite; to eat; -- often with up. --Addison.
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This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. --Shak.
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4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed
instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
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"Peck" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Peck \Peck\, v. i.
1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed
instrument. --Carew.
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2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
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[The hen] went pecking by his side. --Dryden.
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To peck at,
(a) to attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at;
to nag; to tease.
(a) to eat slowly and in small portions, with litle
interest; as, to peck at one's food.
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"Peck" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Peck \Peck\ (p[e^]k), n.
A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a
pointed instrument.
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"peck" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
peck
n 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"; "it must
have cost plenty" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess,
mickle, mint, muckle, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew]
2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to
2 gallons
3: a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605
cubic inches
v 1: hit lightly with a picking motion [syn: pick, beak]
2: eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: pick up]
3: kiss lightly [syn: smack]
4: eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
[syn: pick at, peck at]
5: bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her
husband all day long" [syn: nag, hen-peck]
"peck" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
105 Moby Thesaurus words for "peck":
abundance, acres, bags, barrel, barrels, batch, beak, brush, bug,
bunt, bushel, buss, carp at, chuck, considerable, copiousness,
countlessness, dab, deal, fillip, flick, flip, flirt, flood,
fret at, fuss at, gobs, good deal, graze, great deal, hassle, heap,
heaps, henpeck, lashings, lip, load, loads, lot, lots, lump, mass,
mess, mint, mountain, much, multitude, nag, nibble, nibble at,
niggle, nosh, numerousness, ocean, oceans, oodles, osculate, pack,
pat, peck at, pester, pick, pick at, pick on, pile, piles,
plenitude, plenty, pot, power, profusion, quantities, quantity,
quite a little, raft, rafts, rap, scads, sea, sight, slew, slews,
smack, smooch, snack, snap, spate, stack, stacks, superabundance,
superfluity, tap, tickle, tidy sum, tip, tons, touch, volume, wad,
wads, whisk, whole slew, world, worlds, yap at
"PECK" bouvier "Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)"
PECK. A measure of capacity, equal to two gallons. Vide Measure.
"Peck" gazetteer "U.S. Gazetteer (1990)"
Peck, ID (city, FIPS 61840)
Location: 46.47387 N, 116.42409 W
Population (1990): 160 (84 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83545
Peck, KS
Zip code(s): 67120
Peck, MI (village, FIPS 63260)
Location: 43.25907 N, 82.81651 W
Population (1990): 558 (233 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 48466
"Peck" gaz-place "U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)"
Peck, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
Population (2000): 186
Housing Units (2000): 96
Land area (2000): 0.268318 sq. miles (0.694941 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.268318 sq. miles (0.694941 sq. km)
FIPS code: 61840
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 46.473786 N, 116.425083 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 83545
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Peck, ID
Peck
"Peck" gaz-place "U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)"
Peck, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
Population (2000): 599
Housing Units (2000): 253
Land area (2000): 1.010187 sq. miles (2.616372 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.010187 sq. miles (2.616372 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63260
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 43.258223 N, 82.816428 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 48466
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Peck, MI
Peck
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