peck
     n 1: (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"; "it must
          have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good
          deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess},
           {mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {pile}, {plenty}, {pot}, {quite
          a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy
          sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
     2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to
        2 gallons
     3: a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605
        cubic inches
     v 1: hit lightly with a picking motion [syn: {pick}, {beak}]
     2: eat by pecking at, like a bird [syn: {pick up}]
     3: kiss lightly [syn: {smack}]
     4: eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
        [syn: {pick at}, {peck at}]
     5: bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her
        husband all day long" [syn: {nag}, {hen-peck}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0