Synonyms for peck
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pek |
| Phonetic Transcription : pɛk |
Top 10 synonyms for peck Other synonyms for the word peck
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for peck
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