What does peck mean in English? Meaning of peck definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "peck" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "peck": (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Noun
Meaning: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Example: 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
Synonyms: 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
Hyponyms: deluge
flood
haymow
inundation
torrent
Hypernyms: large indefinite amount
large indefinite quantity
Meaning of "peck": hit lightly with a picking motion
Verb
Meaning: hit lightly with a picking motion
Synonyms: beak
peck
pick
Hypernyms: strike
Meaning of "peck": a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
Noun
Meaning: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
Synonyms: peck
Hypernyms: british capacity unit
imperial capacity unit
Meaning of "peck": eat by pecking at, like a bird
Verb
Meaning: eat by pecking at, like a bird
Synonyms: peck
pick up
Hypernyms: eat
Meaning of "peck": a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
Noun
Meaning: a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
Synonyms: peck
Hypernyms: united states dry unit
Part Holonyms: dry quart
quart
Meaning of "peck": kiss lightly
Verb
Meaning: kiss lightly
Synonyms: peck
smack
Hypernyms: buss
kiss
osculate
snog
Meaning of "peck": eat like a bird
Verb
Meaning: eat like a bird
Example: The anorexic girl just picks at her food
Synonyms: peck
peck at
pick at
Hypernyms: eat
Meaning of "peck": bother persistently with trivial complaints
Verb
Meaning: bother persistently with trivial complaints
Example: She nags her husband all day long
Synonyms: hen-peck
nag
peck
Hypernyms: complain
kick
kvetch
plain
quetch
sound off
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