peck
verb
[ pɛk ]
• (of a bird) strike or bite something with its beak.
• "two geese were pecking at some grain"
peck
noun
• a stroke or bite by a bird with its beak.
• "the bird managed to give its attacker a sharp peck"
• food.
• "he wants a little more peck"
Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin; compare with Middle Low German pekken ‘peck (with the beak)’.
peck
noun
• a measure of capacity for dry goods, equal to a quarter of a bushel (2 imperial gallons = 9.092 litres, or 8 US quarts = 8.81 l).
Origin:
Middle English (used especially as a measure of oats for horses): from Anglo-Norman French pek, of unknown origin.
peck
verb
• (of a horse) pitch forward or stumble as a result of striking the ground with the front rather than the flat of the hoof.
• "her father's horse had pecked slightly on landing"
Origin:
variant of obsolete pick ‘fix (something pointed) in the ground’.
