peck

Noun

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

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

• (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
    

Verb

• bother persistently with trivial complaints
  • She nags her husband all day long
    

• eat like a bird
  • The anorexic girl just picks at her food
    

• kiss lightly

• eat by pecking at, like a bird

• hit lightly with a picking motion

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  batch , nag , hen-peck , pick at , peck at , smack , pick up , pick , beak