peck

Significat (English)

Verb

1. To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
2. To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
3. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
4. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
5. To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
6. To type by searching for each key individually.
7. To type in general.
8. To kiss briefly.

Noun

1. An act of striking with a beak.
2. A small kiss.

Noun

1. One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.

Noun

Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.

Noun

Food.

Noun

Misspelling of pec.

Synonyms

pick

⛏️

peck at

bite

pick at

sting

nibble

beak

pick up

prick

nip

nag

smack

eat

🍽️

job

poke

heap

mickle

wad

great number

hen-peck

quite a little

mint

mountain

⛰️

muckle

dab

munch

gnaw

good deal

passel

deal

pile

plenty

pinch

great deal

pot

hatful

batch

raft

hole

🕳️

sight

slew

spate

flock

stack

lot

mass

tidy sum

mess

modius

chop

cut

dint

dot

drink

🥤

food

🍽️

gouge

hack

henpeck

hoe

jab

knock

multitude

nab

nick

picking up

poke at

prod

provender

pull

quibble

rap

scrape off

seize

squawk

stab

strike

tap

tweak

twinge

scratch off

snap at

poverty

eat little by little

gradually do something

peck up

choose

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/pɛk/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: pecken

Inherited from anglès mitjà: piken

In summary

From Middle English pecken, pekken, variant of Middle English piken, picken, pikken (“to pick, use a pointed implement”). More at pick.