| VERB | contact | peck, pick, beak | hit lightly with a picking motion |
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| consumption | peck, pick up | eat by pecking at, like a bird | |
| contact | peck, smack | kiss lightly | |
| consumption | peck, pick at, peck at | eat like a bird | |
| communication | peck, nag, hen-peck | bother persistently with trivial complaints | |
| NOUN | quantity | peck, 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 | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent |
| quantity | peck | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons | |
| quantity | peck | a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches |
| Sounds | peh'k | |
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| Rhymes | Aztec ... wreck: 41 rhymes with ehk... | |
| Meaning | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. | |
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| 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 | |
| Narrower | flood, inundation, deluge, torrent | An overwhelming number or amount |
| haymow | A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | |
| Broader | large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
| Spanish | avalancha, barbaridad, bestialidad, burrada, cantidad, cúmulo, enormidad, fajo, lote, mogollón, montaña, montón, multitud, passel, pila | |
| Catalan | apilament, apilotament, castell, cúmul, estiba, feix, lot, manyoc, muntanya, munt, passel, pila, pilot, quantitat, tou | |
| Meaning | A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons. | |
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| Part of | bushel | A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks |
| Broader | British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit | A unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System |
| Meaning | A United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches. | |
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| Part of | bushel | A United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches |
| Parts | quart, dry quart | A United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches |
| Broader | United States dry unit | A unit of measurement of capacity for dry substances officially adopted in the United States Customary System |
| Meaning | hit lightly with a picking motion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | pick, beak | |
| Broader | strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon |
| Spanish | picotear | |
| Catalan | espicassar, picotejar | |
| Nouns | pecker | horny projecting mouth of a bird |
| Meaning | Eat by pecking at, like a bird. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | pick up | |
| Broader | eat | take in solid food |
| Spanish | picotear | |
| Catalan | espicassar, picotejar | |
| Nouns | pecker | horny projecting mouth of a bird |
| Meaning | kiss lightly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot peck Sue | |
| Synonym | smack | |
| Broader | snog, kiss, buss, osculate | Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc. |
| Spanish | besar, picotear | |
| Catalan | besar | |
| Meaning | Eat like a bird. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | pick at, peck at | |
| Broader | eat | take in solid food |
| Spanish | picotear | |
| Catalan | pessigar, picar | |
| Meaning | bother persistently with trivial complaints. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | nag, hen-peck | |
| Broader | complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch | Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness |
| Spanish | dar la tabarra | |
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