| • | The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat. |
| • | A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. |
| • | To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree. |
| • | Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements. |
| • | To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up. |
| • | To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree. |
| • | To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument. |
| • | To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat. |
| • | A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument. |
