- to strike or indent with the beak, as a bird does, or with some pointed instrument, especially with quick, repeated movements.
- to make (a hole, puncture, etc.) by such strokes; pierce.
- to take (food) bit by bit, with or as with the beak.
- to make strokes with the beak or a pointed instrument.
- a quick stroke, as in pecking.
- a hole or mark made by or as by pecking.
- a quick, almost impersonal kiss: a peck on the cheek.
- (in timber) incipient decay from fungi, occurring in isolated spots.
- food; grub.
- peck at,
- to nibble indifferently or unenthusiastically at (food).
- to nag or carp at: Stop pecking at me, I'm doing the best I can.
- a dry measure of 8 quarts; the fourth part of a bushel, equal to 537.6 cubic inches (8.81 liters).
- a container for measuring this quantity. Abbreviation: pk, pk.
- a considerable quantity: a peck of trouble.
- U.S. mountain climber.
- U.S. actor.
- a unit of dry measure equal to 8 quarts or one quarter of a bushel
- a container used for measuring this quantity
- a large quantity or number
- to strike with the beak or with a pointed instrument
- to dig (a hole) by pecking
- (of birds) to pick up (corn, worms, etc) by pecking
- to nibble or pick (at one's food)
- to kiss (a person) quickly and lightly
- to nag
- a quick light blow, esp from a bird's beak
- a mark made by such a blow
- a quick light kiss
- Gregory. 1916–2003, US film actor; his films include Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Gunfighter (1950), The Big Country (1958), To Kill a Mockingbird (1963), The Omen (1976), and Other People's Money (1991)
