peck

peck
    n 1: (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"; "see the
         rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must
         have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of
         money" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good deal}, {great
         deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess}, {mickle},
         {mint}, {mountain}, {muckle}, {passel}, {peck}, {pile},
         {plenty}, {pot}, {quite a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew},
         {spate}, {stack}, {tidy sum}, {wad}]
    2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to
       2 gallons
    3: a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605
       cubic inches
    v 1: hit lightly with a picking motion [syn: {peck}, {pick},
         {beak}]
    2: eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: {peck}, {pick up}]
    3: kiss lightly [syn: {smack}, {peck}]
    4: eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
       [syn: {pick at}, {peck at}, {peck}]
    5: bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her
       husband all day long" [syn: {nag}, {peck}, {hen-peck}]
    

Peck \Peck\, n. [Perh. akin to pack; or, orig., an indefinite
   quantity, and fr. peck, v. (below): cf. also F. picotin a
   peak.]
   1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight
      quarts; as, a peck of wheat. "A peck of provender."
      --Shak.
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   2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. "A peck of
      uncertainties and doubts." --Milton.
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Peck \Peck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pecked} (p[e^]kt); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Pecking}.] [See {Pick}, v.]
   1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a
      bird pecks a tree.
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   2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with
      a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc.,
      with repeated quick movements.
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   3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak;
      to bite; to eat; -- often with up. --Addison.
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            This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. --Shak.
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   4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed
      instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
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Peck \Peck\, v. i.
   1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed
      instrument. --Carew.
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   2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
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            [The hen] went pecking by his side.   --Dryden.
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   {To peck at},
      (a) to attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at;
          to nag; to tease.
      (a) to eat slowly and in small portions, with litle
          interest; as, to peck at one's food.
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Peck \Peck\ (p[e^]k), n.
   A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a
   pointed instrument.
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Peck, ID (city, FIPS 61840)
  Location: 46.47387 N, 116.42409 W
  Population (1990): 160 (84 housing units)
  Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 83545
Peck, KS
  Zip code(s): 67120
Peck, MI (village, FIPS 63260)
  Location: 43.25907 N, 82.81651 W
  Population (1990): 558 (233 housing units)
  Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 48466
    

Peck, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
   Population (2000):    186
   Housing Units (2000): 96
   Land area (2000):     0.268318 sq. miles (0.694941 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.268318 sq. miles (0.694941 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            61840
   Located within:       Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
   Location:             46.473786 N, 116.425083 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     83545
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Peck, ID
    Peck
    

Peck, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
   Population (2000):    599
   Housing Units (2000): 253
   Land area (2000):     1.010187 sq. miles (2.616372 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.010187 sq. miles (2.616372 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            63260
   Located within:       Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
   Location:             43.258223 N, 82.816428 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     48466
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Peck, MI
    Peck
    

PECK. A measure of capacity, equal to two gallons. Vide Measure. 
    

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      bunt, bushel, buss, carp at, chuck, considerable, copiousness,
      countlessness, dab, deal, fillip, flick, flip, flirt, flood,
      fret at, fuss at, gobs, good deal, graze, great deal, hassle, heap,
      heaps, henpeck, lashings, lip, load, loads, lot, lots, lump, mass,
      mess, mint, mountain, much, multitude, nag, nibble, nibble at,
      niggle, nosh, numerousness, ocean, oceans, oodles, osculate, pack,
      pat, peck at, pester, pick, pick at, pick on, pile, piles,
      plenitude, plenty, pot, power, profusion, quantities, quantity,
      quite a little, raft, rafts, rap, scads, sea, sight, slew, slews,
      smack, smooch, snack, snap, spate, stack, stacks, superabundance,
      superfluity, tap, tickle, tidy sum, tip, tons, touch, volume, wad,
      wads, whisk, whole slew, world, worlds, yap at