PECK

(noun) a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
(noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
(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"
synonyms : batch , deal , flock , good deal , great deal , hatful , heap , lot , mass , mess , mickle , mint , mountain , muckle , passel , pile , plenty , pot , quite a little , raft , sight , slew , spate , stack , tidy sum , wad
A mass of people were gathered in the hall. -added by naila_inlas
(verb) bother persistently with trivial complaints
"She nags her husband all day long"
synonyms : hen-peck , nag
(verb) eat like a bird
"The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
synonyms : peck at , pick at
(verb) eat by pecking at, like a bird
synonyms : pick up
(verb) hit lightly with a picking motion
synonyms : beak , pick
(verb) kiss lightly
synonyms : smack

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