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| peck |
| 1. v. To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird) or similar instrument. |
| The birds pecked at their food. |
| 2. v. To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument. |
| to peck a hole in a tree |
| 3. v. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements. |
| 4. v. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up. |
| 5. v. To do something in small, intermittent pieces. |
| He has been pecking away at that project for some time now. |
| 6. v. To type by searching for each key individually. |
| 7. v. (rare) To type in general. |
| 8. v. To kiss briefly. |
| 9. n. An act of striking with a beak. |
| 10. n. A small kiss. |
| 11. n. One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts. |
| They picked a peck of wheat. |
| 12. n. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. |
| She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten. |
| 13. v. (regional) To throw. |
| 14. v. To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of teh flat of the foot. |
| 15. n. Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects. |
| an occurrence of peck in rice |
| 16. n. misspelling of pec |
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