English Dictionary

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.
Source : opted (111154)  - auto

A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
Source : opted (111155)  - auto

To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.
Source : opted (111158)  - auto

Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.
Source : opted (111159)  - auto

To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up.
Source : opted (111160)  - auto

To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
Source : opted (111161)  - auto

To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.
Source : opted (111162)  - auto

To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
Source : opted (111163)  - auto

A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.
Source : opted (111164)  - auto