English to English
noun
- (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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
source: WordNet 3.0
- a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
source: WordNet 3.0
- The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.
source: Webster 1913
- A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- hit lightly with a picking motion
source: WordNet 3.0
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
source: WordNet 3.0
- kiss lightly
source: WordNet 3.0
- eat like a bird
The anorexic girl just picks at her food.
source: WordNet 3.0
- bother persistently with trivial complaints
She nags her husband all day long.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.
source: Webster 1913
- To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [peck] Tukâ
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [peck] Manukâ; tumukâ
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
