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Meaning peck meaning

What does peck mean?
Definitions in simple English

peck Verb

— When a bird pecks on something, it strikes or bites it with its beak.

peck

— verb (= pick) hit lightly with a picking motion — verb eat by pecking at, like a bird — noun a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons — noun a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches — verb (= smack) kiss lightly — verb (= nag) bother persistently with trivial complaints She nags her husband all day long — verb (= pick at) eat like a bird The anorexic girl just picks at her food — noun (= batch, deal, lot, mint, passel, plenty, slew, wad) (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 see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos it must have cost plenty a slew of journalists a wad of money

Synonyms peck synonyms

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peck English » English

pick peck at sting pick at bite nibble pick up beak smack prick nip nag poke job heap eat wad tidy sum stack spate slew sight raft quite a little pot plenty pinch pile passel munch muckle mountain mint mickle mess mass lot hole hen-peck hatful great number great deal good deal gnaw flock deal dab batch twinge tweak

Topics peck topics

What do people use peck to talk about?
Universe, creation Animal Animal actions

Animal eating

  • How do birds eat?
    peck
States Big Big area

Big container, volume
Universe, creation Animal Animal life cycle

Egg

Conjugation peck conjugation

How do you conjugate peck?

peck · verb

Examples peck examples

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Simple sentences

One crow doesn't peck another's eye.
Is it proper for a man to give a woman a peck on the cheek in Dubai?
She gave me a peck on the cheek.
Tom gave Mary a peck on the cheek.
I saw Tom give Mary a peck on the cheek.

Movie subtitles

If they don't get jammed under the brooder. and smother or drown in the drinking fountain or get coccidiosis. or peck each other to death, we may be in the chicken business yet.
She used to look at Albert and me as if she could peck us right to pieces.
Gregory Peck and this blond were getting married.
The day I married Ellie, my position with the law firm of Bartham, Henderson and Peck was as nebulous.
Half a peck.
So, peck one egg open.
Face it, no pretty girl wants me, she wants Gregory Peck.
Listen, Gregory Peck, you mind clueing me in?
General, there isn't a peck of gunpowder in the whole fortress.
And Gregory Peck, a nominee for his work this year as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.
Mr. Peck. Mr. Peck, over here.
Peck Peck.
Try anything like that and you're gonna get in a peck of trouble.
Everybody can't be Gregory Peck.
She can play Peck's Bad Boy all she wants and who's to stop her?
He was a peck of fun.
I thought a pipe would give me a successful, Gregory Peck look.
Listen here, Gregory Peck, I'm not getting any of this stuff.
Pinch him, prick him. Nibble him, sting him, peck him. Sting him, peck him Until he howls.
Cause if you're waiting for Gregory Peck to pass through you're not about to get some.
You can hunt and peck.
We got a peck of trouble.
Destined to live in a cage, though I'm a bird I cannot roost, nor peck, nor fly, nor nest.
Gave him a sharp peck at the base of the skull.
No, me and Gregory Peck.
She was secretly in love with Gregory Peck!
I'm in love with Gregory Peck, too.
Birds will peck at her.
The ones that peck under Garibaldi's statue.
For when my outward action doth demonstrate the native act and figure of my heart in compliment extern 'tis not long after but I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at.
When you go to sleep, cover your eyes, so they won't peck them.
I like Gregory Peck.
The birds are going to peck at your nose, and you'll become like before again.

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Under such crowded conditions, the more dominant, aggressive birds are likely to peck to death the weaker hens in the cage.

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