Peck
21peck — ko·peck; peck·ed; peck·er; peck·er·wood; peck; peck·i·ness; peck·ish; peck·sniff·ery; peck·sniff·ian; hen·peck; peck·le; peck·sniff·ian·ism; …
22Peck — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Peck est un nom de famille notamment porté par : Andrew Peck (né en 1973), boxeur pieds poings néo zélandais ; Anthony Peck (1947 1996), acteur… …
23peck at — verb eat like a bird The anorexic girl just picks at her food • Syn: ↑pick at, ↑peck • Hypernyms: ↑eat • Verb Frames: Somebody s Somebo …
24Peck — A peck is an imperial and U.S. customary unit of dry volume, equivalent in each of these systems to 8 dry quarts, or 16 dry pints. Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel. In Scotland, the peck was used as a dry measure… …
25peck — I UK [pek] / US verb Word forms peck : present tense I/you/we/they peck he/she/it pecks present participle pecking past tense pecked past participle pecked 1) [intransitive/transitive] when a bird pecks, it moves its beak quickly forward to hit… …
26peck — peck1 /pek/, n. 1. a dry measure of 8 quarts; the fourth part of a bushel, equal to 537.6 cubic inches (8.81 liters). 2. a container for measuring this quantity. Abbr.: pk, pk. 3. a considerable quantity: a peck of trouble. [1250 1300; ME pek <… …
27peck — peck1 [pek] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from pick] 1.) [I and T] if a bird pecks something or pecks at something, it makes quick repeated movements with its beak to try to eat part of it, make a hole in it etc peck at ▪ birds pecking at… …
28peck — peck1 [ pek ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive when a bird pecks, it moves its beak quickly forward to hit or bite something: The fox cub had been pecked to death by crows. peck at: The birds pecked at the insect infested tree. 2. )… …
29peck — {{11}}peck (n.) late 13c., dry measure of one quarter bushel, of unknown origin; perhaps connected with O.Fr. pek, picot (13c.), also of unknown origin. Chiefly of oats for horses; original sense may be allowance rather than a fixed measure, thus …
30peck — [[t]pe̱k[/t]] pecks, pecking, pecked 1) VERB If a bird pecks at something or pecks something, it moves its beak forward quickly and bites at it. [V at n] It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find... [V prep/adv]… …
