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peck

/ peck /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
Type of:
United States dry unit
Has parts:
bushel
noun Sense 2
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
Type of:
British capacity unit Imperial capacity unit
Has parts:
bushel
verb Sense 3
eat by pecking at, like a bird
Type of:
eat
Derived:
beak bill neb nib pecker
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
hit lightly with a picking motion
Type of:
strike
Derived:
beak bill neb nib pecker
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
bother persistently with trivial complaints
"She nags her husband all day long"
Type of:
complain kick plain
Derived:
scold scolder nag nagger common scold
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 6
kiss lightly
Type of:
kiss buss osculate
Derived:
smack smooch
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 7
eat like a bird
"The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
Type of:
eat
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 8
(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"
Type of:
large indefinite quantity large indefinite amount
Kinds of:
flood inundation deluge torrent
Derived:
jam jampack ram chock up cram
Semantic Complexity
75%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
42
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

United States dry unit British capacity unit Imperial capacity unit eat strike complain kick plain kiss buss osculate large indefinite quantity