peck

/pɛk/ · noun

Meaning

An act of striking with a beak.
A small kiss.
To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
To type by searching for each key individually.
One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
To throw.
To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.

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