[ UK /pˈɛk/ ]
[ US /ˈpɛk/ ]
VERB
  1. eat by pecking at, like a bird
  2. eat like a bird
    The anorexic girl just picks at her food
  3. hit lightly with a picking motion
  4. bother persistently with trivial complaints
    She nags her husband all day long
  5. kiss lightly
NOUN
  1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
    see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
    a batch of letters
    a slew of journalists
    a lot of money
    a wad of money
    it must have cost plenty
    a deal of trouble
    he made a mint on the stock market
  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
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How To Use peck In A Sentence

  • Choose a white form if you want to add a bit more light to proceedings but, in my humble opinion, speckled purple is the best. Times, Sunday Times
  • The phenomenon, called droop, has been a focus of Mr. Nakamura and other faculty members at University of California, Santa Barbara, including Soraa co-founders Steve DenBaars and James Speck . The Quest for Cheaper, Better Lights
  • Large numbers of vestal moths and a few crimson speckled moths, both normally resident in the Mediterranean, have been seen on the south-west and south-east coasts and in Gwynedd.
  • Take the white of one egg, and measure just as much cold water; mix the two well, and stir stiff with confectioners 'sugar; add a little flavoring, vanilla, or almond, or pistache, and, for some candies, color with a tiny speck of fruit paste. A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl
  • Vogue was feeling peckish, so had a couple of mini croissants and an orange juice. The Sun
  • Galicians specialize in trencherman food: suckling pig, grilled skate, pulpy octopus speckled with sea salt and paprika.
  • He started as a clerk but gradually rose in the pecking order.
  • It is not surprising that the mortality due to feather pecking, cannibalism and parasitic diseases can be disturbingly high.
  • Sparrows, chickadees, woodpeckers, and an assortment of other creatures were awake and bustling that summer morning.
  • Speckle tracking in migrating cells with retrograde flow had turned out to be more challenging.
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