peck

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n Usu. peck of

load, loads, bushel, bushels, ton, tons, barrel, barrels, bag, bags, acres, ocean, oceans, sea, world, worlds, galaxy; bunch, heap, heaps, pile, piles, stack, stacks, mountain, mountains, mass; army, legion, bevy, flock, host, array, multitude; whole lot, lot, lots, plenty, a great or good deal, quite a little, sight, as much as or more than one can handle or manage; whole slew, slew, mess, gob, gobs, oodle, oodles, Sl. scad or scads, Sl. boodle, Sl. caboodle, Chiefly Brit. lashing or lashings; galore, Dial. aplenty; abundance, plenitude, bounty, cornucopia, endless supply, Scot, and North Eng. routh, Scot. scouth, a great or considerable quantity or amount or number, one thousand and one, scores; volume, quantity, quantities, fund, mine, store, mint, quite a few.

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1. tap, rap, dab, pat, stroke, kiss; strike, hit, knock, blow; poke, jab, dig.

2. indent, dent, dint, depress; prick, scratch, scrape, score, dot, mark, flaw; chip, notch, nick; puncture, poke a hole, pinprick, pit.

3.(of food) nibble, gnaw, take small bites, nosh; pick, pick at or over one's food, eat like a bird.

4.Usu. peck at

nag, pick, henpeck, pull to pieces, carp, criticize, harp, find fault with, Yiddish. kvetch; ride, harass, harry, heckle, hector, bullyrag, goad, egg, tease, bait, torment, torture, plague, persecute; pester, badger, hound, fret, vex, chafe, nettle, irritate, disturb, grate on, Inf. drive up the wall.

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5. tap, rap, pat, kiss; stroke, hit, strike, knock, thump, blow; poke, jab, dig.

6. indentation, dent, dint, dimple, concavity, depression, impression; scratch, scrape, mark, spot, speckle, speck, flaw, fault; chip, nick, chink, notch, groove, crevice, furrow, rut; hole, pit, hollow, cavity, crater, excavation.