Meaning of peck | Babel Free

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1. (pk) A unit of dry volume. 1 peck = 2 gal.
2. A unit of volume measure. One peck is two gallons, or a quarter bushel.
3. Informal. To touch or caress with the lips, especially as a sign of passion or affection:buss, kiss, osculate, smack.
4. To scold or find fault with constantly:carp at, fuss at, nag, pick on.
5. Informal. The act or an instance of kissing:buss, kiss, osculation, smack, smacker.
6. rather hungry. I feel a bit peckish. honger ذو شَهِـيَّة شَديدَه гладен com fome vyhládlý hungrig småsulten λίγο πεινασμένος algo hambriento näljane گرسنه nälkäinen qui a le ventre creux רעב भूखा gladan éhes lapar svangur affamato 空腹の 배고픈 praalkęs izsalcis rasa agak lapar hongerigsmåsultengłodny وږى com fome flămând голодный vyhladnutý lačen gladnjikav sugen, småhungrig หิว çok aç, karnı zil çalan 飢餓的 голодний بھوکا đói bụng 饥饿的
7. To strike with the beak or a pointed instrument.
8. To make (a hole, for example) by striking repeatedly with the beak or a pointed instrument.
9. To grasp and pick up with the beak: The bird pecked insects from the log.
10. Informal To kiss briefly and casually.
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