peck
IPA: pˈɛk
noun
- An act of striking with a beak.
- A small kiss.
- One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
- A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
- Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) Food.
- A surname.
- A city in Idaho.
- A village in Michigan.
- A town in Wisconsin.
- Misspelling of pec. [(colloquial, usually in the plural) The pectoralis major muscle.]
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
- (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
- To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
- To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
- To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
- To type by searching for each key individually.
- (rare) To type in general.
- To kiss briefly.
- (regional) To throw.
- To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
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