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    [Noun]  | "peck" | \ ˈpek \


    1: a unit of capacity equal to 1/4 bushel

    2: a large quantity or number

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English pek, from Anglo-French;

    [Noun]  | "peck" 


    1: an impression or hole made by pecking

    2: a quick sharp stroke

    3: a quick light kiss

    Origin: circa 1591 ;

    [Noun]  | "hunt-and-peck" | \ ˌhənt-ᵊn-ˈpek \


    1: a method of typing in which one looks at the keyboard and types using usually the index fingers

    Origin: 1939 ;

    [Noun]  | "pecking order" 


    1: the basic pattern of social organization within a flock of poultry in which each bird pecks another lower in the scale without fear of retaliation and submits to pecking by one of higher rank; broadly : a dominance hierarchy in a group of social animals

    2: a social hierarchy

    Origin: 1927 ;

    [Verb]  | "peck" 


    1: to strike or pierce especially repeatedly with the bill or a pointed tool

    2: to make by pecking

    3: to pick up with the bill

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, perhaps from Middle Low German pekken;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "peck at" 


    1: to take small bites of (food)

    [Geographical name]  | "Fort Peck Lake" | \ ˈpek \


    1: reservoir about 130 miles (209 kilometers) long in northeastern Montana formed in the Missouri River by Fort Peck Dam, which was completed in 1940

    [Noun]  | "peck" 


    1: a considerable amount;


      * e.g., " ... now you're in a peck of trouble "




    [Noun]  | "pecking order" 


    1: the way in which people or things in a group or organization are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status;


      * e.g., " ... As an assistant manager, he was pretty low in the company's pecking order. "



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    [Noun]  | "pecking orders" 


    1: the way in which people or things in a group or organization are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status;


      * e.g., " ... As an assistant manager, he was pretty low in the company's pecking order. "



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    [Verb]  | "peck" 


    1: to eat reluctantly and in small bites;


      * e.g., " ... found out that fashion models never really eat—they just peck at small meals in expensive restaurants "



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    2: to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object;


      * e.g., " ... the bird continued to peck the suet cake intently "



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    [Verb]  | "peck (at)" 


    1: to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders;


      * e.g., " ... kept pecking at their prodigal daughter to get off the couch and to start looking for a job "



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     [ "peck" ]

    1: n. A short sweet kiss. Lips barely touch, but they still do.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy1: So did you kiss Jessica? 

     [ "peck" ]

    1: (n.) a brief kiss

      * e.g.,  ... I gave him a peck on the cheek. 

     [ "peck" ]

    2: (v.) to give a peck to

     [ "peck" ]

    1: the past tense of peak peak as in the northagte version of the word meaning an extreme amount of amusement.The opposite of pinner also as in the northgate version meaning an unfortunate situation.

      * e.g.,  ... "That kis is such a peck" "Kenny's party was a peck" 

     [ "peck" ]

    1: When you are so close to fucking that hooker but you can't quite do it!!!

      * e.g.,  ... Deanthony:Did you hear that gabe was pecking that hooker all night!?!? 

     [ "peck" ]

    1: peck2 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pk)

      * e.g.,  ... Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many peppers did Peter Piper pick? 

     [ "peck" ]

    2: n.

     [ "peck" ]

    3: Abbr. pk.

     [ "peck" ]

    4: A unit of dry volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System equal to 8 quarts or approximately 536 cubic inches.

     [ "peck" ]

    5: A unit of dry volume or capacity in the British Imperial System equal to 8 quarts or approximately 558 cubic inches. See table at measurement.

     [ "peck" ]

    6: A container holding or measuring a peck.

     [ "peck" ]

    7: Informal. A large quantity; a lot: a peck of troubles.

     [ "peck" ]

    1: To peck is to eat....... I first came across this word in this context when reading the autobiography of Malcolm X. He said that when he was younger (probably around the 1940s or 50s) he used slang such as "peck".

      * e.g.,  ... Slang: I'm going to go peck a little 

     [ "peck" ]

    1: what a woman does to her fella or just a random fella when she wants something!

      * e.g.,  ... I was with this girl last night and she wouldn't stop pecking me for a drink! 

     [ "peck" ]

    1: I deragtory term for white people.

      * e.g.,  ... Man I didn't goto that trailer party with all them po (poor) peck's. 

     [ "peck" ]

    1: a hillbilly, redneck, or hilljack.

      * e.g.,  ... look at that peck over there in his rusted 58' ford pickup. 

     [ "peck" ]

    1: To extinguish a partly smoked cigarette in order to enter a place or form of transport that forbids smoking. Pecked cigarettes are not discarded but are transported on the person (perhaps jauntily placed behind an ear)to the next place of smokability. They smell really bad.

      * e.g.,  ... The bus came as soon as I lit up so I pecked it and put it back in the packet. 

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