Dictionary

An act of striking with a beak.

A small kiss.

To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).

Example: The birds pecked at their food.

To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.

Example: to peck a hole in a tree

To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.

To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.

One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.

Example: They picked a peck of wheat.

A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.

Example: She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.

To throw.

To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.

Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.

Example: an occurrence of peck in rice