📖 Definitions of "Pecks"
- 1
An act of striking with a beak.
- 2
A small kiss.
- 1
To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
"The birds pecked at their food."
- 2
To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
"to peck a hole in a tree"
- 3
To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
- 4
To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
- 1
One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
"They picked a peck of wheat."
- 2
A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
"She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten."
- 1
To throw.
- 2
To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pecks"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| peck atverb | (transitive) To eat unenthusiastically and in small bites. |
| beaknoun | (anatomy) A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc. |
| flocknoun | A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration. |
| batchnoun | The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time. |
| potnoun | A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes). |
| hatfulnoun | (colloquial) A large amount or number. |
| stacknoun | (heading) A pile. |
| nagnoun | A persistent, bothersome thought or worry. |
| picknoun | A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. |
| wadnoun | An amorphous, compact mass. |
| smacknoun | A distinct flavor, especially if slight. |
| spatenoun | (countable, figurative) A sudden increase or rush of something; a flood, an outburst, an outpouring. |
| hen-pecknoun | Alternative form of henpeck. [(rare) A man who is meekly subservient to his wife.] |
| pick atverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To touch, grab, handle, or pull tentatively or gingerly, using a utensil or one's fingers. |
| slewnoun | A large amount. |
| heapnoun | A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation. |
| messnoun | a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation |
| pilenoun | A mass of things heaped together; a heap. |
| micklenoun | (archaic, chiefly Scotland) A great amount. |
| raftnoun | A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform. |
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