Definition of peck

"peck" in the noun sense

1. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

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"

"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. peck

a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons

3. peck

a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches

"peck" in the verb sense

1. peck, pick, beak

hit lightly with a picking motion

2. peck, pick up

eat by pecking at, like a bird

3. smack, peck

kiss lightly

4. pick at, peck at, peck

eat like a bird

"The anorexic girl just picks at her food"

5. nag, peck, hen-peck

bother persistently with trivial complaints

"She nags her husband all day long"

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Quotations for peck

This peck of troubles. [ Cervantes ]

I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at;
I am not what I am. [ William Shakespeare ]

One crow will not peck out another crow's eyes. [ Proverb ]

Every man must eat a peck of dirt before he dies. [ Proverb ]

Would you treat your horse with a peck of oysters? [ Proverb ]

Before you trust a man, eat a peck of salt with him. [ Proverb ]

A cough will stick longer by a horse than a peck of oats. [ Proverb ]

It is easier to take care of a peck of fleas than of one woman. [ Proverb ]

Trust no man till you have eaten a peck of salt with him, (i.e. known him so long as you might have done so. [ Proverb ]

peck in Scrabble®

The word peck is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters peck:

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peck in Words With Friends™

The word peck is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters peck:

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The 50 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In peck

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Words within the letters of peck

2 letter words in peck (1 word)

3 letter words in peck (1 word)

4 letter words in peck (1 word)

peck + 1 blank (2 words)

Word Growth involving peck

Shorter words in peck

pe

Longer words containing peck

henpeck henpecked

henpeck henpeckery

henpeck henpecking

pecked henpecked

pecked specked flyspecked

pecker flyspecker flyspeckers

pecker henpeckery

pecker nutpecker nutpeckers

pecker oxpecker oxpeckers

pecker peckers flowerpeckers

pecker peckers flyspeckers

pecker peckers nutpeckers

pecker peckers oxpeckers

pecker peckers woodpeckers

pecker peckerwoods

pecker woodpecker woodpeckers

pecking henpecking

pecking specking flyspecking

peckish

pecks pecksniffian pecksniffians

pecks specks flyspecks

speck flyspeck flyspecked

speck flyspeck flyspecker flyspeckers

speck flyspeck flyspecking

speck flyspeck flyspecks

speck specked flyspecked

speck speckier

speck speckiest

speck speckiness

speck specking flyspecking

speck speckle bespeckle bespeckled

speck speckle bespeckle bespeckles

speck speckle despeckle despeckled

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speck speckle speckled bespeckled

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speck speckle speckles speckless

speck speckliness

speck speckling bespeckling

speck speckling despeckling

speck speckly

speck specks flyspecks

speck specky