Definition of peck

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

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Spriteful :: Sprite (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle..
Kenspeckle :: Kenspeckle (a.) Having so marked an appearance as easily to be recognized.
Scansorial :: Scansorial (a.) Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot..
Pick :: Pick (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin..
Pearl-eyed :: Pearl-eyed (a.) Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.
Bushel :: Bushel (n.) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts..
Yoke-toed :: Yoke-toed (a.) Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers..
Kopeck :: Kopeck (n.) A small Russian coin. One hundred kopecks make a rouble, worth about sixty cents..
Snapper :: Snapper (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle..
Peck :: Peck (n.) A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument..
Redhead :: Redhead (n.) The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.
Contain :: Contain (v. t.) To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks..
Whetile :: Whetile (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle..
Pigpecker :: Pigpecker (n.) The European garden warbler (Sylvia, / Currica, hortensis); -- called also beccafico and greater pettychaps..
Pecked :: Pecked (imp. & p. p.) of Pec.
Speckled-bill :: Speckled-bill (n.) The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).
Woodnewer :: Woodnewer (n.) A woodpecker.
Flyspeck :: Flyspeck (n.) A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot..
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards..
Peck :: Peck (v. i.) To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument..
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