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| NOUN | 1 | peck, batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent |
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| 2 | peck | A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons | |
| 3 | peck | A United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches | |
| VERB | 1 | peck, pick, beak | Hit lightly with a picking motion |
| 2 | peck, pick up | Eat by pecking at, like a bird | |
| 3 | peck, smack | Kiss lightly | |
| 4 | peck, pick at, peck at | Eat like a bird | |
| 5 | peck, nag, hen-peck | Bother persistently with trivial complaints |
| Sounds | peh'k |
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| Rhymes | Aztec, beck, bedeck, and 37 more rhymes in ehk... |
| Meaning | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent. |
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| Synonyms | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew |
| Broader | large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount |
| Narrower | flood, inundation, deluge, torrent; haymow |
| Meaning | A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons. |
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| Part of | bushel |
| Broader | British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit |
| Meaning | A United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches. |
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| Part of | bushel |
| Parts | quart, dry quart |
| Broader | United States dry unit |
| Meaning | Hit lightly with a picking motion. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Synonyms | pick, beak |
| Broader | strike |
| Nouns | pecker |
| Meaning | Eat by pecking at, like a bird. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | pick up |
| Broader | eat |
| Nouns | pecker |
| Meaning | Kiss lightly. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | Sam cannot peck Sue |
| Synonyms | smack |
| Broader | kiss, buss, osculate |
| Meaning | Eat like a bird. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | pick at, peck at |
| Broader | eat |
| Meaning | Bother persistently with trivial complaints. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | nag, hen-peck |
| Broader | complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch |
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