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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :   [ gazetteer ]

  Peck, ID (city, FIPS 61840)
    Location: 46.47387 N, 116.42409 W
    Population (1990): 160 (84 housing units)
    Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 83545
  Peck, KS
    Zip code(s): 67120
  Peck, MI (village, FIPS 63260)
    Location: 43.25907 N, 82.81651 W
    Population (1990): 558 (233 housing units)
    Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 48466

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Peck \Peck\, v. i.
     1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed
        instrument. --Carew.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [The hen] went pecking by his side.   --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To peck at, to attack with petty and repeated blows; to
        carp at; to nag; to tease.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Peck \Peck\, n.
     A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a
     pointed instrument.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Peck \Peck\, n. [Perh. akin to pack; or, orig., an indefinite
     quantity, and fr. peck, v. (below): cf. also F. picotin a
     peak.]
     1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight
        quarts; as, a peck of wheat. ``A peck of provender.''
        --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. ``A peck of
        uncertainties and doubts.'' --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Peck \Peck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pecked; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Pecking.] [See Pick, v.]
     1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a
        bird pecks a tree.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with
        a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc.,
        with repeated quick movements.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak;
        to bite; to eat; -- often with up. --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed
        instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Peck \Peck\, n.
     A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a
     pointed instrument.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Peck \Peck\, n. [Perh. akin to pack; or, orig., an indefinite
     quantity, and fr. peck, v. (below): cf. also F. picotin a
     peak.]
     1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight
        quarts; as, a peck of wheat. ``A peck of provender.''
        --Shak.
  
     2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. ``A peck of
        uncertainties and doubts.'' --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Peck \Peck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pecked; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Pecking.] [See Pick, v.]
     1. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a
        bird pecks a tree.
  
     2. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with
        a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc.,
        with repeated quick movements.
  
     3. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak;
        to bite; to eat; -- often with up. --Addison.
  
              This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. --Shak.
  
     4. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed
        instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Peck \Peck\, v. i.
     1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed
        instrument. --Carew.
  
     2. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
  
              [The hen] went pecking by his side.   --Dryden.
  
     To peck at, to attack with petty and repeated blows; to
        carp at; to nag; to tease.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  peck
       n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
            "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
            money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
            have cost plenty" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good
            deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess,
             mickle, mint, muckle, pile, plenty, pot, quite
            a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy
            sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew]
       2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to
          2 gallons
       3: a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605
          cubic inches
       v 1: hit lightly with a picking motion [syn: pick, beak]
       2: eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: pick up]
       3: kiss lightly [syn: smack]
       4: eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
          [syn: pick at, peck at]
       5: bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her
          husband all day long" [syn: nag, hen-peck]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  peck
     Αγγλικά vb.
     τσιμπάω, τσιμπολογώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  peck
     n.
     1 An act of striking with a beak.
     2 A small kiss.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill
  (of a bird).
     2 (lb en 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 (lb en rare) To type in general.
     8 To kiss briefly.
     n.
     1 One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
     2 A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
     vb.
     1 (lb en regional) To throw.
     2 To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting
  the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
     n.
     Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
     n.
     (lb en UK slang obsolete) food.
     n.
     (misspelling of en pec)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Peck
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en city s/Idaho).
     3 (place en village s/Michigan).
     4 (place en town s/Wisconsin).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  peck
     n.
     1 An act of striking with a beak.
     2 A small kiss.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill
  (of a bird).
     2 (lb en 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 (lb en rare) To type in general.
     8 To kiss briefly.
     n.
     1 One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
     2 A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
     vb.
     1 (lb en regional) To throw.
     2 To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting
  the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
     n.
     Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
     n.
     (lb en UK slang obsolete) food.
     n.
     (misspelling of en pec)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Peck
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en city s/Idaho).
     3 (place en village s/Michigan).
     4 (place en town s/Wisconsin).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  peck
     n.
     1 An act of striking with a beak.
     2 A small kiss.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill
  (of a bird).
     2 (lb en 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 (lb en rare) To type in general.
     8 To kiss briefly.
     n.
     1 One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
     2 A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
     vb.
     1 (lb en regional) To throw.
     2 To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting
  the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
     n.
     Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
     n.
     (lb en UK slang obsolete) food.
     n.
     (misspelling of en pec)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Peck
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en city s/Idaho).
     3 (place en village s/Michigan).
     4 (place en town s/Wisconsin).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  peck
     n.
     1 An act of striking with a beak.
     2 A small kiss.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill
  (of a bird).
     2 (lb en 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 (lb en rare) To type in general.
     8 To kiss briefly.
     n.
     1 One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
     2 A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
     vb.
     1 (lb en regional) To throw.
     2 To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting
  the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
     n.
     Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
     n.
     (lb en UK slang obsolete) food.
     n.
     (misspelling of en pec)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Peck
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en city s/Idaho).
     3 (place en village s/Michigan).
     4 (place en town s/Wisconsin).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  peck
     Englanti vb.
     nokkia

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Peck /pˈɛk/
  المكيال

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  peck //pɛk// 
  1. кълване
  act of striking with a beak
  2. целувчица
  short kiss
  3. голямо количество
  great deal; a large or excessive quantity
  4. шиник
  one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  peck //pɛk// 
  1. целувам
  to kiss
  2. кълва́
  to strike or pierce with the beak or similar

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  peck /pˈɛk/ 
  zobat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  peck /pˈɛk/ 
  klovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  peck /pˈɛk/ 
   [mat] dutá míra (9,09 litrů)
  

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  peck /pˈɛk/ 
  cnocellu 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  peck /pˈɛk/
  Küsschen , flüchtiger Kuss
   see: kiss, kisses, air kiss, blown kiss, thrown kiss, nose kiss, Eskimo kiss
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  peck /pˈɛk/
  Viertelscheffel 
   see: German bushel, bushels
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  peck /pˈɛk/
  
  ραμφίζω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  peck //pɛk// 
  1. pusu
  short kiss
  2. kasa, läjä
  great deal; a large or excessive quantity
  3. peck
  one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  peck //pɛk// 
  1. näykkiä
  to do something in small, intermittent pieces
  2. pussata
  to kiss
  3. nokkia
  to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
  4. naputella, naputtaa
  to type
  5. hakata
  to type key by key

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  peck /pˈɛk/ 
  1. चोंच मारना
        "Birds are pecking on the trunk of the trees."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  peck /pˈɛk/ 
  1. चंचु प्रहार
        "I had purchased 2 pecks of sugar."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  peck /pˈɛk/
  kljucati, laki poljubac, mnoštvo, množina, prihvatiti se, probiti

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  peck /pˈɛk/
  1. csípés
  2. halom
  3. puszi
  4. 9,08 liter
  5. csomó

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  peck //pɛk// 
  ついばむ
  to strike or pierce with the beak or similar

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  peck /pek/
  I.   1.  dziobać (at sth - coś)
   2.  [nieform]  cmokać, muskać ustami, muskać
  II.   1.  dziobanie, dziobnięcie
   2.  [nieform]  całus, pocałunek

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  peck //pɛk// 
  puss
  short kiss

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  peck //pɛk// 
  1. pussa
  to kiss
  2. picka
  to strike or pierce with the beak or similar

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  peck /pˈɛk/
  1. kilenin dörtte biri miktarında bir hacim ölçü birimi, 0, 009 metre küp
  2. kayda değer miktar, büyük bir miktar.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  peck /pˈɛk/
  1. gagalamak
  2. gaga ile vurarak delik açmak
  3. gaga ile toplamak
  4. sivri uçlu bir şey ile çabuk çabuk vurmak
  5. gagalama
  6. sivri uçlu bir şey ile vuruş. peck at kuş gibi az yemek. pecking order üstün asta hükmettiği ast-üst düzeni.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpɛk/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  PECK. A measure of capacity, equal to two gallons. Vide Measure. 
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :   [ gazetteer2k-places ]

  Peck, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
     Population (2000):    186
     Housing Units (2000): 96
     Land area (2000):     0.268318 sq. miles (0.694941 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.268318 sq. miles (0.694941 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            61840
     Located within:       Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
     Location:             46.473786 N, 116.425083 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     83545
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Peck, ID
      Peck
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :   [ gazetteer2k-places ]

  Peck, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
     Population (2000):    599
     Housing Units (2000): 253
     Land area (2000):     1.010187 sq. miles (2.616372 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.010187 sq. miles (2.616372 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            63260
     Located within:       Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
     Location:             43.258223 N, 82.816428 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     48466
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Peck, MI
      Peck
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  105 Moby Thesaurus words for "peck":
     abundance, acres, bags, barrel, barrels, batch, beak, brush, bug,
     bunt, bushel, buss, carp at, chuck, considerable, copiousness,
     countlessness, dab, deal, fillip, flick, flip, flirt, flood,
     fret at, fuss at, gobs, good deal, graze, great deal, hassle, heap,
     heaps, henpeck, lashings, lip, load, loads, lot, lots, lump, mass,
     mess, mint, mountain, much, multitude, nag, nibble, nibble at,
     niggle, nosh, numerousness, ocean, oceans, oodles, osculate, pack,
     pat, peck at, pester, pick, pick at, pick on, pile, piles,
     plenitude, plenty, pot, power, profusion, quantities, quantity,
     quite a little, raft, rafts, rap, scads, sea, sight, slew, slews,
     smack, smooch, snack, snap, spate, stack, stacks, superabundance,
     superfluity, tap, tickle, tidy sum, tip, tons, touch, volume, wad,
     wads, whisk, whole slew, world, worlds, yap at
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 啄痕,啄食;
  v. 以喙啄,啄食,吹毛求疵;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 啄痕,啄食,许多
     vt. 以喙啄,啄食,扔
     vi. 啄,吹毛求疵,啄食,扔石头

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