peck
peck
pɛk
pek
/pˈɛk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "peck"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ ā§‹āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋, āϚāĻžā§āϚ⧁ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a bird) to move the beak in a sudden movement and bite something
Intransitive: to peck | to peck at sth
to peck definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The parrot learned to peck at the keys of the piano.
āϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϚāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āĻ ā§‹āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻļāĻŋāϖ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to give a quick and light kiss
Transitive: to peck sb
to peck definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As a sign of affection, they would often peck each other on the cheek.
āĻ¸ā§āύ⧇āĻšā§‡āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāύ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
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āĻŸā§‹āĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āϧāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to eat food in a small, delicate, or unenthusiastic manner
Intransitive: to peck at food
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He pecked at his breakfast, barely touching the eggs and toast.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻŸā§‹āĻ•āĻž āĻŽāĻžāϰāϞ, āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŸā§‹āĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āĻ“ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to repeatedly complain, criticize, or find fault in a petty or annoying manner
Intransitive: to peck at sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Stop pecking at me for every little mistake; I ’m doing my best!
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ ā§‹āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ; āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋ!
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
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āĻāĻ• āĻĒ⧇āĻ•, āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāύ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āϝāĻž 8 āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āĻŦāĻž 537.605 āϘāύ āχāĻžā§āϚāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ

a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
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āĻĒ⧇āĻ•, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻļ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ (āϤāϰāϞ āĻŦāĻž āĻļ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ•) 2 āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāϞāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ

a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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