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peck




Definizioni

inglese > italiano
peck
     1. sost. colpo di becco
     2. sost. bacio
     3. sost. mucchio
     4. sost. (fisica) nove litri
inglese > inglese
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. subst. An act of striking with a beak.
     10. subst. A small kiss.
     11. subst. One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
           They picked a peck of wheat.
     12. subst. 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. subst. Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
           an occurrence of peck in rice
     16. subst. misspelling of pec

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Esempi d'uso

A light peck is all I think I can remember. 
The work is a vast hall of mirrors, studded with sharp mechanical hammers that peck away at the glass. 



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