How many syllables in Peck
Word
Peck
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
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peck
Definition
- n. - The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts;
as, a peck of wheat.
- n. - A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
- v. - To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird
pecks a tree.
- v. - Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a
pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated
quick movements.
- v. - To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to
bite; to eat; -- often with up.
- v. - To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument;
as, to peck a hole in a tree.
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