Definition of Peck

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Definition of Peck

Peck

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.

To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.

Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.

To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up.

To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.

To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.

To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.

A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.

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Peck Quotations

My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
Loretta Lynn

Because someone stole Gregory Peck's star on Hollywood Blvd., I have hired a Brink's guard to protect my star!
Rip Taylor

Something about her eyes or voice has always suggested the hint of a free spirit, trapped in a Peck and Peck cage, dreaming of making rude noises at public gatherings of Republicans.
Jeff Greenfield

I was doing acting work at Fox - bit pieces with Greg Peck in The Gunfighter and things like that - and grew up more or less as a Fox contract player in about two years.
Larry Buchanan

Peck Translations

peck in French is picotin
peck in German is picken
peck in Spanish is picotazo
peck in Swedish is picka

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