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Peck

Verb

Définitions

1.VerbTo strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
"The birds pecked at their food."
2.VerbTo form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
"to peck a hole in a tree"
3.VerbTo strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
4.VerbTo seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
5.VerbTo do something in small, intermittent pieces.
"He has been pecking away at that project for some time now."
6.VerbTo type by searching for each key individually.
7.VerbTo type in general.
8.VerbTo kiss briefly.
9.NounAn act of striking with a beak.
10.NounA small kiss.
11.NounOne 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.
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
12.NounSimilar units in other systems of measure, such as the Roman modius or Chinese dou.
13.NounA great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
"She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten."
14.VerbTo throw.
15.VerbTo lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
16.NounDiscoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
"an occurrence of peck in rice"
17.NounFood.
18.NounMisspelling of pec.
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