peck

1. 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”

   “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”

   Synonymsbatchdealflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmassmessmicklemintmountainmuckle

   Broaderlarge indefinite quantity

   Narrowerfloodhaymow
2. 2.

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

   BroaderBritish capacity unit

   Part ofbushel
3. 3.

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

   BroaderUnited States dry unit

   Part ofbushel

   Partsquart

Other forms of peck

plural

pecks·

past tense

pecked·

present participle

pecking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about peck

What does peck mean?

peck means "hit lightly with a picking motion". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in peck?

peck has 1 syllable: peck. In IPA it is /ˈpɛk/.

What is another word for peck?

Close synonyms include pick, beak, pick up, smack, pick at. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peck a common word?

peck is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with peck?

1 word rhymes with peck. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.