Peck Definition
pĕk
pecked, pecking, pecks
verb
pecked, pecking, pecks
To strike with a pointed object, as with a beak.
Webster's New World
To make by doing this.
To peck a hole.
Webster's New World
To make (a hole, for example) by striking repeatedly with the beak or a pointed instrument.
American Heritage
To make strokes as with a pointed object.
Webster's New World
To pick up with the beak; get by pecking.
Webster's New World
noun
pecks
A stroke or light blow with the beak or a pointed instrument.
American Heritage
A stroke so made, as with the beak.
Webster's New World
A mark made as by pecking.
Webster's New World
A quick, casual kiss.
A peck on the forehead.
Webster's New World
A unit of dry measure, equal to14 bushel or 8 dry quarts (8.8096 dry liters or 0.3111 cubic foot)
Webster's New World
pronoun
A surname.
Wiktionary
A city in Idaho.
Wiktionary
A village in Michigan.
Wiktionary
A town in Wisconsin.
Wiktionary
idiom
peck at
- to make a pecking motion at
- to eat very little of; eat carefully or sparingly
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Peck
Origin of Peck
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Middle English pecken probably variant of piken to peck (perhaps influenced by Middle Low German pekken) pick1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Probably from Anglo-Norman pek, pekke, of uncertain origin.
From Wiktionary
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Variant of pick (“use pointed implement").
From Wiktionary
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Variant of pick (“to throw").
From Wiktionary
Middle English
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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