'Peck' definitions:

Definition of 'peck'

(from WordNet)
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"; "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" [syn: 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]
noun
A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
noun
A United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
verb
Hit lightly with a picking motion [syn: peck, pick, beak]
verb
Eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: peck, pick up]
verb
Kiss lightly [syn: smack, peck]
verb
Eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food" [syn: pick at, peck at, peck]
verb
Bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long" [syn: nag, peck, hen-peck]

Definition of 'Peck'

From: GCIDE
  • Peck \Peck\, v. i.
  • 1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument. --Carew. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat. [1913 Webster]
  • [The hen] went pecking by his side. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Peck'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. "A peck of uncertainties and doubts." --Milton. [1913 Webster] `

Definition of 'Peck'

From: GCIDE
  • Peck \Peck\ (p[e^]k), n. A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Peck'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'peck'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Peck, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.

Peck, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.

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