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Definition of peck
- a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
- (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"; "it must have cost plenty"
- bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long"
- eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- kiss lightly
Hyponyms: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent
Part Meronyms: bushel
Derivational Morphology: jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad, throng, mob, pack, pile, heap, scold, scolder, nag, nagger, common scold, beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker, smack, smooch
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