peck - Meaning in Punjabi

peck - Meaning in Punjabi

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Definitions and Meaning of peck in English

peck noun

1. a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
2. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
3. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

   Synonyms

   batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, heap, lot, lot, mass, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, mountain, muckle, passel, pile, plenty, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

   Examples

   • "a batch of letters"
   • "a deal of trouble"
   • "a lot of money"
   • "a slew of journalists"
   • "a wad of money"
   • "he made a mint on the stock market"
   • "it must have cost plenty"
   • "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"

peck verb

1. bother persistently with trivial complaints

   Synonyms

   hen-peck, nag, nag

   Example

   • "She nags her husband all day long"
2. eat like a bird

   Synonyms

   peck at, pick at

   Example

   • "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
3. eat by pecking at, like a bird

   Synonyms

   pick up

4. hit lightly with a picking motion

   Synonyms

   beak, pick

5. kiss lightly

   Synonyms

   smack

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