peck

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
2. (transitive) 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. (rare) 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; equal to approximately 9092 cubic centimeters in the imperial system or 8810 cubic centimeters in the U.S. system.
2. Similar units in other systems of measure, such as the Roman modius or Chinese dou.
3. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.

Noun

Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.

Noun

Food.

Noun

Misspelling of pec.

Sinónimos

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

Traducións

picorer

picken

beccare

becqueter

picotear

picar

mit dem Schnabel hacken

picoter

bise

bacetto

herumstochern

bécot

modius

picotazo

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/pɛk/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: pecken

Herdado de Middle English: piken

In summary

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