Associations to the word «Pecking»

Wiktionary

PECK, verb. To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird) or similar instrument.
PECK, verb. (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
PECK, verb. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
PECK, verb. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
PECK, verb. To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
PECK, verb. To type by searching for each key individually.
PECK, verb. (rare) To type in general.
PECK, verb. To kiss briefly.
PECK, noun. An act of pecking.
PECK, noun. A small kiss.
PECK, noun. One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
PECK, noun. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
PECK, verb. (regional) To throw.
PECK, verb. To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of teh flat of the foot.
PECK, noun. Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
PECK, noun. Misspelling of pec.
PECK, proper noun. A surname​.
PECK, proper noun. A city in Idaho.
PECK, proper noun. A village in Michigan.
PECK, proper noun. A town in Wisconsin.
PECK AT, verb. To attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at; to nag; to tease.
PECK OUT, verb. (transitive) To remove by pecking

Dictionary definition

PECK, 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".
PECK, noun. A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons.
PECK, noun. A United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches.
PECK, verb. Hit lightly with a picking motion.
PECK, verb. Eat by pecking at, like a bird.
PECK, verb. Kiss lightly.
PECK, verb. Eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food".
PECK, verb. Bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long".

Wise words

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