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'peck' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'peck' with 5 example sentences.


peck noun

: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons

: a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches

: a light kiss

: bite by a bird

peck verb

: hit lightly with a picking motion

: eat by pecking at, like a bird

: kiss lightly

: eat like a bird

: bother persistently with trivial complaints


  • The woodpecker is pecking the tree trunk vigorously.
  • One crow doesn't peck another's eye.
  • The hen pecked the wheat.
  • The rooster is pecking at my leg.
  • She gave me a peck on the cheek.
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