Synonyms for peck
pɛkpeck

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

   (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

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

   Synonyms:
   push-down list, flock, destiny, bulk, cud, chaw, multitude, upsurge, atomic reactor, pile, quid, deal, spile, smokestack, caboodle, crapper, commode, throne, troop, fold, bay window, stool, softwood, chew, gage, push-down store, push-down storage, weed, hand, heap, surge, kitty, jalopy, smoke, muddle, band, lot, passel, slew, vision, freshet, potbelly, mussiness, jam, muss, hole, flowerpot, mint candy, visual modality, quite a little, clutch, luck, plentifulness, toilet, masses, ken, mess hall, down, atomic pile, messiness, the great unwashed, tummy, agglomerate, sight, volume, wad, plug, mount, potty, set, nap, portion, skunk, push-down stack, chain reactor, rush, mound, good deal, big money, galvanic pile, pickle, sens, bundle, fate, voltaic pile, draw, stilt, green goddess, people, visual sense, sess, batch, view, pot, stack, mess, bunch, spate, plenteousness, locoweed, piling, bus, bargain, mountain, survey, business deal, plenty, potentiometer, mint, dope, plentitude, cumulus, plenitude, raft, jackpot, mickle, can, big bucks, kettle of fish, mass, tidy sum, corporation, circumstances, hatful, potful, megabucks, circle, grass, great deal, trade, cumulation, fix, muckle, fortune, hoi polloi

2. pecknoun

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

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

3. peckverb

   a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches

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

4. peck, pick, beakverb

   hit lightly with a picking motion

   Synonyms:
   nag, clean, nibble, peck at, beak, pick at, plunk, pluck, smack, pick, find fault, hen-peck, foot, blame, piece, break up, pick up, cull

5. peck, pick upverb

   eat by pecking at, like a bird

   Synonyms:
   nag, cop, call for, perk up, nail, lift up, pick, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, see, find out, collect, hen-peck, beak, pick at, learn, receive, gain vigor, collar, turn around, apprehend, smack, get a line, uplift, percolate, pick up, peck at, elate, catch, hear, get wind, perk, discover, intoxicate

6. smack, peckverb

   kiss lightly

   Synonyms:
   pick, smack, beak, thwack, peck at, hen-peck, pick at, pick up, taste, nag, smell, reek

7. pick at, peck at, peckverb

   eat like a bird

   "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"

   Synonyms:
   disparage, belittle, pick, pluck at, smack, peck at, hen-peck, pick at, pick up, pull at, beak, nag

8. nag, peck, hen-peckverb

   bother persistently with trivial complaints

   "She nags her husband all day long"

   Synonyms:
   smack, peck at, hen-peck, pick at, pick up, pick, beak, nag

Matched Categories

1. • British Capacity Unit
   • Complain
   • Eat
   • Kiss
   • Large Indefinite Quantity

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1. List of paraphrases for "peck":

   rory, beck

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How to use peck in a sentence?

1. Tom Brady:

   That was like a peck.

2. William Shakespeare:

   I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at.

3. Paul Peronard:

   Normally you at least see it, but you can't see it, you can't smell it. ... We're going to have to hunt and peck through ice to get it out.

4. William Shakespeare, "Othello", Act 1 scene 1:

   I will wear my heart upon my sleeveFor daws to peck at.

5. Kizza Ronald:

   When a crow tries to peck your eye when your still alive, checkout your surrounding