PECK

Peck

A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 2 gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints. Two pecks make a kenning, and four pecks make a bushel. Although it is not frequently used in the present day, produce such as apples are still commonly sold by the peck.

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peck

Noun

  1. One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
    They picked a peck of wheat.
  2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
    She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.
  3. A short kiss.
    I greeted him with a quick peck on the cheek.

Verb

  1. To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird) or similar instrument.
    The birds pecked at their food.
  2. To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
    to peck a hole in a tree
  3. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
  4. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
  5. To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
    He has been pecking away at that project for some time now.
  6. To type by searching for each key individually.
  7. To type in general.
  8. To kiss.


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