Definition of "peck" in Anglais

verb

1. (ambitransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).

   • The birds pecked at their food.

2. (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.

   • to peck a hole in a tree

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.

   • He has been pecking away at that project for some time now.

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.

   • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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.

   • She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.

verb

1. (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.

noun

1. Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.

   • an occurrence of peck in rice

noun

1. (UK, slang, obsolete) Food.

noun

1. Misspelling of pec.