peck
1 of 3noun (1)
ˈpek 
1
: a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₄ bushel see Weights and Measures Table
2
: a large quantity or number
peck
2 of 3verb
pecked; pecking; pecks
transitive verb
1
a
: to strike or pierce especially repeatedly with the bill or a pointed tool
b
: to make by pecking
peck a hole
2
: to pick up with the bill
intransitive verb
1
a
: to strike, pierce, or pick up something with or as if with the bill
b
: carp, nag
2
: to eat reluctantly and in small bites
peck at food
peck
3 of 3noun (2)
1
: an impression or hole made by pecking
2
: a quick sharp stroke
3
: a quick light kiss
a peck on the cheek
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- carload
- chunk
- deal
- dozen
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- heap
- hundred
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- loads
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- myriad
- oodles
- pack
- passel
- pile
- plateful
- plenitude
- plentitude
- plenty
- pot
- potful
- profusion
- quantity
- raft
- reams
- scads
- sheaf
- shipload
- sight
- slew
- spate
- stack
- store
- ton
- truckload
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
Verb
- nibble
- pick
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Verb The hen pecked my finger. The woodpecker pecked a hole in the tree. He pecked his wife on the cheek as he headed out the door.
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English pek, from Anglo-French
Verb
Middle English, perhaps from Middle Low German pekken
First Known Use
Noun (1)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Noun (2)
circa 1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing peck
Kids Definition
peck 1 of 3
verb
ˈpek
pecked; pecking
1
: to strike or pick up with the beak or a sharp instrument (as a pick)
Birds pecked the cherries that filled the tree.
2
: to make by striking with the beak or a sharp instrument
Birds pecked holes.
peck
2 of 3noun
1
: a unit of capacity equal to one quarter of a bushel
2
: a great deal : a large quantity
She's in a peck of trouble.
peck
3 of 3noun
1
: the act of striking with the bill or with a sharp instrument
2
: a mark made by striking with the bill or with a sharp instrument
pecks 1 of 2
noun
as in loads
a considerable amount now you're in a peck of trouble Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- loads
- tons
- chunks
- piles
- hundred
- bunches
- quantities
- bushels
- slews
- deals
- wealths
- dozen
- lots
- plenties
- stacks
- bundles
- hundreds
- dozens
- fistfuls
- basketfuls
- abundances
- rafts
- buckets
- masses
- platefuls
- yards
- barrels
- packs
- wads
- reams
- sheaves
- gobs
- heaps
- myriads
- profusions
- truckloads
- volumes
- pots
- much
- good deals
- lashings
- mountains
- oodles
- carloads
- spates
- scads
- shiploads
- multiplicities
- potfuls
- boatloads
- lashins
- stores
- sights
- messes
- basketsful
- passels
- plenitudes
- rashes
- all kinds (of)
- quite a bit
- floods
- plentitudes
- crushes
- flocks
- presses
- million
- thousands
- millions
- plagues
- surpluses
- excesses
- swarms
- epidemics
- overages
- overflows
- seas
- surfeits
- scores
- bonanzas
- multitudes
- embarrassments
- bevies
- superfluities
- oversupplies
- overkills
- crams
- hordes
- deluges
- trillions
- redundancies
- hosts
- superabundances
- herds
- zillions
- throngs
- legions
- armies
- overabundances
- mobs
- overmuch
- plethoras
- crowds
- gazillions
- jillions
- kazillions
- droves
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- licks
- pinches
- grains
- nips
- ounces
- touches
- bits
- spots
- peanuts
- specks
- shadows
- mouthfuls
- shades
- fragments
- atoms
- hints
- rays
- granules
- crumbs
- molecules
- strains
- particles
- streaks
- mites
- dots
- scraps
- flecks
- scruples
- drams
- tastes
- traces
- shreds
- sprinklings
- dabs
- driblets
- sprinkles
- glimmers
- suspicions
- motes
- little
- nubbins
- drops
- handfuls
- dashes
- handsful
- aces
- pittances
- smidgens
- pieces
- flyspecks
- portions
- sections
- smidges
- morsels
- jots
- shots
- smidgeons
- whits
- iotas
- tittles
- lacks
- smatterings
- smidgins
- modicums
- scintillas
- wants
- smatters
- shortages
- absences
- deficiencies
- deficits
- inadequacies
- famines
- scarcities
- insufficiencies
- poverties
- dearths
- undersupplies
- paucities
pecks
2 of 2verb
1
as in nibbles
to eat reluctantly and in small bites found out that fashion models never really eat—they just peck at small meals in expensive restaurants Synonyms & Similar Words
- nibbles
- snacks
- grazes
- picks
- noshes
- tastes
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- swills
- overeats
- gorges
- gormandizes
- pigs out
2
as in stabs
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object the bird continued to peck the suet cake intently Synonyms & Similar Words
- stabs
- jabs
- punctures
- sticks
- picks
- pierces
- spits
- pokes
- punches
- spikes
- spears
- slices
- lances
- pinks
- impales
- skewers
- runs through
- gores
- harpoons
- transfixes
- thrusts
- quills
- spindles
- transpierces
- pikes
- perforates
- pinpricks
- bayonets
- pricks
- riddles
- cuts
- poniards
- gimlets
- dirks
- prongs
- knifes