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Peck
noun 1.(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad. "A deal of trouble" , "A lot of money" , "He made a mint on the stock market" , "See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos" , "It must have cost plenty" , "A slew of journalists" , "A wad of money" 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. verb (past & past part. pecked; pres. part. pecking) 1.Hit lightly with a picking motion. Synonyms: beak, pick. 2.Eat by pecking at, like a bird. Synonym: pick up. 3.Kiss lightly. Synonym: smack. 5.Bother persistently with trivial complaints. Synonyms: hen-peck, nag.
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