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peck1 (pɛk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a unit of dry measure equal to 8 quarts or one quarter of a bushel |
| 2. | a container used for measuring this quantity |
| 3. | a large quantity or number |
| [C13: from Anglo-Norman, of uncertain origin] | |
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G. peck
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| peck2 (pɛk) | |
| —vb (when intr, | |
| 1. | to strike with the beak or with a pointed instrument |
| 2. | to dig (a hole) by pecking |
| 3. | (tr) (of birds) to pick up (corn, worms, etc) by pecking |
| 4. | to nibble or pick (at one's food) |
| 5. | informal to kiss (a person) quickly and lightly |
| 6. | to nag |
| —n | |
| 7. | a quick light blow, esp from a bird's beak |
| 8. | a mark made by such a blow |
| 9. | informal a quick light kiss |
| [C14: of uncertain origin; compare | |
| Peck (pɛk) | |
| —n | |
| Gregory. 1916--2003, US film actor; his films include Keys of the Kingdom (1944), The Gunfighter (1950), The Big Country (1958), To Kill a Mockingbird (1963), The Omen (1976), and Other People's Money (1991) | |
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Word Origin & History
peck
c.1300, possibly a variant of picken (see pick (v.)), or in part from M.L.G. pekken "to peck with the beak." Pecker "one who pecks" is from 1697; slang sense of "penis" is from 1902. Peckerwood (1859) is U.S. Southern black dialectal inversion of
woodpecker (q.v.); in folklore, taken as the type of white folks (1929) and symbolically contrasted with blackbird. As a behavior among hens, pecking order (1928) translates Ger. hackliste (T.J. Schjelderuo-Ebbe, 1922); transf. sense of "human hierarchy based on rank or status" is from 1955.
peck
late 13c., "dry measure of one-quarter bushel," of unknown origin; perhaps connected with O.Fr. pek, picot (13c.), also of unknown origin. Chiefly of oats for horses; original sense may be "allowance" rather than a fixed measure, thus perhaps from peck (v.).
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