peck
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Noun[edit]
- One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
- They picked a peck of wheat.
- A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
- She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.
- A short kiss.
- I greeted him with a quick peck on the cheek.
Translations[edit]
great deal; a large or excessive quantity
short kiss
Verb[edit]
peck (third-person singular simple present pecks, present participle pecking, simple past and past participle pecked)
- To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird) or similar instrument.
- The birds pecked at their food.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Chapter 2
- The rooster had been known to fly on her shoulder and peck her neck, so that now she carried a stick or took one of the children with her when she went to feed the fowls.
- To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
- He has been pecking away at that project for some time now.
- To type by searching for each key individually.
- (rare) To type in general.
- To kiss.
- 1997, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 1; 1998 ed., Scholastic Press, ISBN 0-590-35340-3, p. 2
- At half past eight, Mr. Dursley picked up his briefcase, pecked Mrs. Dursley on the cheek, and tried to kiss Dudley good-bye but missed, because Dudley was now having a tantrum and throwing his cereal at the walls.
- 1997, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 1; 1998 ed., Scholastic Press, ISBN 0-590-35340-3, p. 2
Translations[edit]
to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
to kiss
