Peck

English Meaning

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

1. To strike with the beak or a pointed instrument.
2. To make (a hole, for example) by striking repeatedly with the beak or a pointed instrument.
3. To grasp and pick up with the beak: The bird pecked insects from the log.
4. Informal To kiss briefly and casually.
5. To make strokes with the beak or a pointed instrument.
6. To eat in small sparing bits; nibble: He pecked at his dinner.
7. To criticize repeatedly; carp.
8. A stroke or light blow with the beak or a pointed instrument.
9. A mark or hole made by such a stroke.
10. Informal A light quick kiss.
11. A unit of dry volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System equal to 8 quarts or approximately 537.6 cubic inches.
12. A unit of dry volume or capacity in the British Imperial System equal to 8 quarts or approximately 554.8 cubic inches. See Table at measurement.
13. A container holding or measuring a peck.
14. Informal A large quantity; a lot: a peck of troubles.