PECK as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
   Hypernyms(s) peck is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • United States dry unit (what does United States dry unit mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
   Hypernyms(s) peck is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • British capacity unit (what does British capacity unit mean?)
   • Imperial capacity unit (what does Imperial capacity unit mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (often followed by `of”) a large number or amount or extent
   Synonym(s)
   • batch (what does batch mean?)
   • deal (what does deal mean?)
   • flock (what does flock mean?)
   • good deal (what does good deal mean?)
   • great deal (what does great deal mean?)
   • hatful (what does hatful mean?)
   • heap (what does heap mean?)
   • lot (what does lot mean?)
   • mass (what does mass mean?)
   • mess (what does mess mean?)
   • mickle (what does mickle mean?)
   • mint (what does mint mean?)
   • muckle (what does muckle mean?)
   • pile (what does pile mean?)
   • plenty (what does plenty mean?)
   • pot (what does pot mean?)
   • quite a little (what does quite a little mean?)
   • raft (what does raft mean?)
   • sight (what does sight mean?)
   • slew (what does slew mean?)
   • spate (what does spate mean?)
   • stack (what does stack mean?)
   • tidy sum (what does tidy sum mean?)
   • wad (what does wad mean?)
   • whole lot (what does whole lot mean?)
   • whole slew (what does whole slew mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) peck is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • large indefinite quantity (what does large indefinite quantity mean?)
   • large indefinite amount (what does large indefinite amount mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • flood (what does flood mean?)
   • inundation (what does inundation mean?)
   • deluge (what does deluge mean?)
   • torrent (what does torrent mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • jam (what does jam mean?)
   • jampack (what does jampack mean?)
   • ram (what does ram mean?)
   • chock up (what does chock up mean?)
   • cram (what does cram mean?)
   • wad (what does wad mean?)
   • throng (what does throng mean?)
   • mob (what does mob mean?)
   • pack (what does pack mean?)
   • pile (what does pile mean?)
   • jam (what does jam mean?)
   • heap (what does heap mean?)
   • heap (what does heap mean?)

PECK as VERB

1. Meaning
   • bother persistently with trivial complaints
   Synonym(s)
   • hen-peck (what does hen-peck mean?)
   • nag (what does nag mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She nags her husband all day long
   Hypernyms(s) peck is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • complain (what does complain mean?)
   • kick (what does kick mean?)
   • plain (what does plain mean?)
   • sound off (what does sound off mean?)
   • quetch (what does quetch mean?)
   • kvetch (what does kvetch mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • scold (what does scold mean?)
   • scolder (what does scolder mean?)
   • nag (what does nag mean?)
   • nagger (what does nagger mean?)
   • common scold (what does common scold mean?)
   • scold (what does scold mean?)
   • scolder (what does scolder mean?)
   • nag (what does nag mean?)
   • nagger (what does nagger mean?)
   • common scold (what does common scold mean?)
2. Meaning
   • eat like a bird
   Synonym(s)
   • peck at (what does peck at mean?)
   • pick at (what does pick at mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The anorexic girl just picks at her food
   Hypernyms(s) peck is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • eat (what does eat mean?)
3. Meaning
   • eat by pecking at, like a bird
   Synonym(s)
   • pick up (what does pick up mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) peck is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • eat (what does eat mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • beak (what does beak mean?)
   • bill (what does bill mean?)
   • neb (what does neb mean?)
   • nib (what does nib mean?)
   • pecker (what does pecker mean?)
4. Meaning
   • hit lightly with a picking motion
   Synonym(s)
   • beak (what does beak mean?)
   • pick (what does pick mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) peck is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • strike (what does strike mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • beak (what does beak mean?)
   • beak (what does beak mean?)
   • bill (what does bill mean?)
   • neb (what does neb mean?)
   • nib (what does nib mean?)
   • pecker (what does pecker mean?)
   • beak (what does beak mean?)
   • bill (what does bill mean?)
   • neb (what does neb mean?)
   • nib (what does nib mean?)
   • pecker (what does pecker mean?)
5. Meaning
   • kiss lightly
   Synonym(s)
   • smack (what does smack mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) peck is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • kiss (what does kiss mean?)
   • buss (what does buss mean?)
   • osculate (what does osculate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • smack (what does smack mean?)
   • smooch (what does smooch mean?)