peck (
http://definr.com/peck)
n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent:
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
have cost plenty" [syn:
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]
2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to
2 gallons
3: a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605
cubic inches
v 1: hit lightly with a picking motion [syn:
pick,
beak]
2: eat by pecking at; of birds [syn:
pick up]
3: kiss lightly [syn:
smack]
4: eat like a bird [syn:
pick at,
peck at]
5: bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her
husband all day long" [syn:
nag,
hen-peck]