pecks
/pɛks/noun
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An act of striking with a beak.
A small kiss.
verb
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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.
noun
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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.
verb
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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.