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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Peck \Peck\, verb (used without an object)
1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument. --Carew.
2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
[The hen] went pecking by his side. --Dryden.
{To peck at}, to attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at; to nag; to tease.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Peck \Peck\, noun A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Peck \Peck\, noun [Perh. akin to pack; or, orig., an indefinite quantity, and fr. peck, v. (below): cf. also F. picotin a peak.]
1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat. ''A peck of provender.'' --Shak.
2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. ''A peck of uncertainties and doubts.'' --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Peck \Peck\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Pecked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pecking}.] [See {Pick}, v.]
1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.
2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.
3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up. --Addison.
This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. --Shak.
4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
peck
noun
1: (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess}, {mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {pile}, {plenty}, {pot}, {quite a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
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
verb
1: hit lightly with a picking motion [syn: {pick}, {beak}]
2: eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: {pick up}]
3: kiss lightly [syn: {smack}]
4: eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food" [syn: {pick at}, {peck at}]
5: bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long" [syn: {nag}, {hen-peck}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
105 Moby Thesaurus words for "peck": 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 deal, graze, great deal, hassle, heap, heaps, henpeck, lashings, lip, load, loads, lot, lots, lump, mass, mess, mint, mountain, much, multitude, nag, nibble, nibble at, niggle, nosh, numerousness, ocean, oceans, oodles, osculate, pack, pat, peck at, pester, pick, pick at, pick on, pile, piles, plenitude, plenty, pot, power, profusion, quantities, quantity, quite a little, raft, rafts, rap, scads, sea, sight, slew, slews, smack, smooch, snack, snap, spate, stack, stacks, superabundance, superfluity, tap, tickle, tidy sum, tip, tons, touch, volume, wad, wads, whisk, whole slew, world, worlds, yap at
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Peck, ID (city, FIPS 61840) Location: 46.47387 N, 116.42409 W Population (1990): 160 (84 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83545 Peck, KS Zip code(s): 67120 Peck, MI (village, FIPS 63260) Location: 43.25907 N, 82.81651 W Population (1990): 558 (233 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48466
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Peck, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho Population (2000): 186 Housing Units (2000): 96 Land area (2000): 0.268318 sq. miles (0.694941 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.268318 sq. miles (0.694941 sq. km) FIPS code: 61840 Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16 Location: 46.473786 N, 116.425083 W ZIP Codes (1990): 83545 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Peck, ID Peck
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Peck, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan Population (2000): 599 Housing Units (2000): 253 Land area (2000): 1.010187 sq. miles (2.616372 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.010187 sq. miles (2.616372 sq. km) FIPS code: 63260 Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26 Location: 43.258223 N, 82.816428 W ZIP Codes (1990): 48466 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Peck, MI Peck
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