Peck
41Peck — This famous surname is English. It has at least three possible origins. The first was a metonymic occupational name for someone who dealt in weights and measures, either as a civil official responsible for ensuring that goods were sold at the… …
42peck — verb Peck is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bird, ↑chicken, ↑hen Peck is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cheek …
43peck — peck1 verb 1》 (of a bird) strike or bite with its beak. 2》 kiss lightly or perfunctorily. 3》 (peck at) informal eat (food) listlessly or daintily. 4》 type laboriously. 5》 archaic strike with a pick or other tool. noun 1》 an act of pecking. 2》 a… …
44peck — I n Usu. peck of load, loads, bushel, bushels, ton, tons, barrel, barrels, bag, bags, acres, ocean, oceans, sea, world, worlds, galaxy; bunch, heap, heaps, pile, piles, stack, stacks, mountain, mountains, mass; army, legion, bevy, flock, host,… …
45peck — I. /pɛk / (say pek) noun 1. a dry measure in the imperial system, equal to 8 quarts or 9.092 18 × 10 3 m3; the fourth part of a bushel. 2. a container for measuring this quantity. 3. a considerable quantity: a peck of trouble. {Middle English… …
46peck — see a peck of March dust is worth a king’s ransom we must eat a peck of dirt before we die …
47peck — See: HUNT AND PECK …
48peck — See: HUNT AND PECK …
49peck — Synonyms and related words: abundance, acres, bags, barrel, barrels, batch, beak, brush, bug, bunt, bushel, buss, carp at, chuck, considerable, copiousness, countlessness, dab, deal, fillip, flick, flip, flirt, flood, fret at, fuss at, gobs, good …
50peck — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. nip, bite, pick, snip; tap, rap. See impulse, food. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A slight, sharp blow] Syn. pinch, tap, rap; see blow 1 . 2. [The impression made by a peck, sense 1] Syn. depression,… …
