Peck - Definition

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"; "see the
rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must
have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of
money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great
deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle,
mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile,
plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew,
spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]
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: peck, pick,
beak]
2: eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: peck, pick up]
3: kiss lightly [syn: smack, peck]
4: eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
[syn: pick at, peck at, peck]
5: bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her
husband all day long" [syn: nag, peck, hen-peck]