definition of
peck

[1] #1 peck v. [pick, beak] hit lightly with a picking motion. wn

[2] #2 peck v. [pick up] eat by pecking at, like a bird. wn

[3] #3 peck n. [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] (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. wn

[4] #4 peck n. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons. wn

[5] #5 peck n. a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches. wn