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Portuguese

Catalan

Spanish

(Often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.

Catalan

To eat by small pieces like a bird.

Catalan

To hit lightly with a picking motion.

Catalan

(For a bird) To eat by small pieces with one's beak or bill.

We put in a peck at a time, in a dozen places. 
 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 

They peck when I even think about moving but that's not real. 
 An ordinary decent criminal 

A bird-like peck at the inkwell, and the pen began to scratch-scratch-scratch. 
 The Voice in the Fog 

Down came the pipe, and with it a peck of greasy soot. 
 The Man on the Box 

With that and the flash-light we could get a peck of them. 
 The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol / Or, The Story of ... 

Impetuously, she darts forward and plants a chaste peck on his cheek. 
 The dog said bow-wow 

For the first he sent me baskets that held about a peck. 
 Driven Back to Eden 

She gave me a quick peck on the cheek, utterly surprising me. 
 Dead to the world 

The metal roof pinged as the birds began to peck at it. 
 The Alchemyst 

Use one peck of juicy cooking apples and two quarts of sugar. 
 The International Jewish Cook Book / 1600 Recipes According to t... 

He would run up to me and peck out of my hand. 
 Rainbow Valley 

Before thou trust a friend eat a peck of salt with him. 
 A Wanderer in Holland 

Take a peck of morella cherries, and a peck of black hearts. 
 Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats, by Miss ... 

Bursch that very young chickens peck at insects which they afterwards avoid. 
 Darwinism (1889) / An exposition of the theory of natural select... 

I gave Bob a hug and Morelli a peck on the cheek. 
 Hot six 

Adan smiled at me and gave me a peck on the cheek. 
 Mob rules 

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