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Meanings of peck in English

Portuguese
montão
Catalan
feix
Spanish
mogollón
Wikidata

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

montão
Catalan
picar

To eat by small pieces like a bird.

picar
Catalan
espicassar

To hit lightly with a picking motion.

espicassar
Catalan
espicassar

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

espicassar
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Examples for "pick"
Examples for "pick"
1
Preval said he would ask parliament to pick a new prime minister.
Reuters
2
Let's use an example: Say you pick a V4 as your project.
Climbing Magazine
3
Australia's government has said it will make its submarine pick this year.
Reuters
4
This week, Modi will form his government and pick his foreign ministers.
The Guardian
5
However, analysts said the scale of December's pick-up put this in doubt.
The Irish Times
1
The tits experienced no difficulty in ripping this off with the beak.
Birds of the Indian Hills
2
You will find the beak lying by the side of the body.
A Shepherd's Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs
3
And then my little bird-like beak would rise proudly in the air.
The Woman Thou Gavest Me; Being the Story of Mary O'Neill
4
And the bird was of green and yellow with a red beak.
Beyond
5
I take it to be a water rail, judging from the beak.
The Irish Times
Usage of peck in English
1
We put in a peck at a time, in a dozen places.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
2
They peck when I even think about moving but that's not real.
An ordinary decent criminal
3
A bird-like peck at the inkwell, and the pen began to scratch-scratch-scratch.
The Voice in the Fog
4
Down came the pipe, and with it a peck of greasy soot.
The Man on the Box
5
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 ...
6
Impetuously, she darts forward and plants a chaste peck on his cheek.
The dog said bow-wow
7
For the first he sent me baskets that held about a peck.
Driven Back to Eden
8
She gave me a quick peck on the cheek, utterly surprising me.
Dead to the world
9
The metal roof pinged as the birds began to peck at it.
The Alchemyst
10
Use one peck of juicy cooking apples and two quarts of sugar.
The International Jewish Cook Book / 1600 Recipes According to t...
11
He would run up to me and peck out of my hand.
Rainbow Valley
12
Before thou trust a friend eat a peck of salt with him.
A Wanderer in Holland
13
Take a peck of morella cherries, and a peck of black hearts.
Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats, by Miss ...
14
Bursch that very young chickens peck at insects which they afterwards avoid.
Darwinism (1889) / An exposition of the theory of natural select...
15
I gave Bob a hug and Morelli a peck on the cheek.
Hot six
16
Adan smiled at me and gave me a peck on the cheek.
Mob rules
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