peck

peck
1. noun /pɛk/
a) One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.

They picked a peck of wheat.

b) A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.

She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.

2. verb /pɛk/
a) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird) or similar instrument.

The birds pecked at their food.

b) To do something in small, intermittent pieces.

The rooster had been known to fly on her shoulder and peck her neck, so that now she carried a stick or took one of the children with her when she went to feed the fowls.


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