Peck

1.

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

2.

A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.

3.

A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.

1.

To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.

2.

Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.

3.

To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up.

4.

To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.

5.

(INTRANSITIVE) To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.

6.

(INTRANSITIVE) To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.