Meaning of peck | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act of striking with a beak.
2. One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; equal to approximately 9092 cubic centimeters in the imperial system or 8810 cubic centimeters in the U.S. system.
3. A surname.
4. Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
   uncountable
5. Food.
   UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable
6. (pk) A unit of dry volume. 1 peck = 2 gal.
7. A small kiss.
8. Similar units in other systems of measure, such as the Roman modius or Chinese dou.
9. A place in the United States:
10. A city in Idaho.
11. A unit of volume measure. One peck is two gallons, or a quarter bushel.
12. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
13. An unincorporated community in Sedgwick County and Sumner County, Kansas.
14. Informal. To touch or caress with the lips, especially as a sign of passion or affection:buss, kiss, osculate, smack.
15. A village in Michigan.
16. To scold or find fault with constantly:carp at, fuss at, nag, pick on.
17. A town in Wisconsin.
18. Informal. The act or an instance of kissing:buss, kiss, osculation, smack, smacker.
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20. To strike with the beak or a pointed instrument.
21. To make (a hole, for example) by striking repeatedly with the beak or a pointed instrument.
22. To grasp and pick up with the beak: The bird pecked insects from the log.
23. Informal To kiss briefly and casually.
    Informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”

“22,110 bushels of French beans, at 6d. per peck, or 2s. per bushel”

“I took his advice, and went to Billingsgate for the first time in my life, and bought a peck of oysters for 2s. 6d.”

“She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.”

“a peck of uncertainties and doubts”

“an occurrence of peck in rice”

“Gemmen, have you ordered the peck and booze for the evening?”

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