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peck

1. [söz] çokalamak [Umumy]

2. [söz] çokmak [Umumy]

Webster's English Dictionary

peck

n. [Perh. akin to pack; or, orig., an indefinite quantity, and fr. peck, v. (below): cf. also F. picotin a peak.]1. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat. (Shak.)

2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. ()

v. t. [See Pick, v.]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. (Addison.)

This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peas. (Shak.)

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

v. i. 1. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument. (Carew.)

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

[The hen] went pecking by his side. (Dryden.)

To peck at, (a) to attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at; to nag; to tease. (a) to eat slowly and in small portions, with litle interest; as, to peck at one's food. ()

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