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Grammar : Verb
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Phonetic Transcription : pɛk



Definition of peck

Origin :
  • c.1300, possibly a variant of picken (see pick (v.)), or in part from Middle Low German pekken "to peck with the beak." Related: Pecked; pecking.
  • verb bite
Example sentences :
  • Repeat this till you have put in eight quarts or one peck of tomatas.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • It mistook me for a honeysuckle, and gave me a peck to make sure.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • This ended the operations of the firm of Peck & Masters, in 1864.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • From Chambers's Traditions of Edinburgh we learn that the price in 1701 was half-a-crown a peck.
  • Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
  • I have found about Chillicothe a number of the varieties given by Dr. Peck.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • She then sent them to Dr. Peck, who gave them their very appropriate name.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The plant was named by Dr. Peck because it was found late in the fall.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • He ordered the landlord to carry his horse half a peck of oysters.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; » by Various
  • Then the greedy hens began to peck her hand, and try to get it out of the pail.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
  • Then peck, peck, peck, went the little bills on the eyelids of the fox.
  • Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers

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