peck

Pronunciation: /pɛk/

The English word “peck” has 17 meanings listed here.

verb

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.
To type in general.
To kiss briefly.
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.

An act of striking with a beak.
A small kiss.
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.
Similar units in other systems of measure, such as the Roman modius or Chinese dou.
A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
Food.

From Middle English pecken, pekken, variant of Middle English piken, picken, pikken (“to pick, use a pointed implement”). More at pick.

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