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noun (n)
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (noun.quantity)
Synonym: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft
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a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons (noun.quantity)
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a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches (noun.quantity)
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The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat. (noun)
source: webster1913
A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument. (noun)
source: webster1913
verb (v)
hit lightly with a picking motion (verb.contact)
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eat by pecking at, like a bird (verb.consumption)
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kiss lightly (verb.contact)
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eat like a bird (verb.consumption)
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bother persistently with trivial complaints (verb.communication)
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To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree. (verb)
source: webster1913
To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument. (verb)
source: webster1913
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