Antonyms for peck
pɛkpeck

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1. • British Capacity Unit
   • Complain
   • Eat
   • Kiss
   • Large Indefinite Quantity

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1. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wadnoun

   (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"

   Synonyms:
   push-down list, flock, destiny, bulk, cud, chaw, multitude, upsurge, atomic reactor, pile, quid, deal, spile, smokestack, caboodle, crapper, commode, throne, troop, fold, bay window, stool, softwood, chew, gage, push-down store, push-down storage, weed, hand, heap, surge, kitty, jalopy, smoke, muddle, band, lot, passel, slew, vision, freshet, potbelly, mussiness, jam, muss, hole, flowerpot, mint candy, visual modality, quite a little, clutch, luck, plentifulness, toilet, masses, ken, mess hall, down, atomic pile, messiness, the great unwashed, tummy, agglomerate, sight, volume, wad, plug, mount, potty, set, nap, portion, skunk, push-down stack, chain reactor, rush, mound, good deal, big money, galvanic pile, pickle, sens, bundle, fate, voltaic pile, draw, stilt, green goddess, people, visual sense, sess, batch, view, pot, stack, mess, bunch, spate, plenteousness, locoweed, piling, bus, bargain, mountain, survey, business deal, plenty, potentiometer, mint, dope, plentitude, cumulus, plenitude, raft, jackpot, mickle, can, big bucks, kettle of fish, mass, tidy sum, corporation, circumstances, hatful, potful, megabucks, circle, grass, great deal, trade, cumulation, fix, muckle, fortune, hoi polloi

2. pecknoun

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

   Synonyms:
   wad, pile, lot, batch, hatful, good deal, quite a little, mountain, heap, muckle, passel, great deal, slew, mess, mint, tidy sum, raft, plenty, mickle, stack, sight, pot, spate, mass, flock, deal

3. peckverb

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

   Synonyms:
   wad, pile, lot, batch, hatful, good deal, quite a little, mountain, heap, muckle, passel, great deal, slew, mess, mint, tidy sum, raft, plenty, mickle, stack, sight, pot, spate, mass, flock, deal

4. peck, pick, beakverb

   hit lightly with a picking motion

   Synonyms:
   nag, clean, nibble, peck at, beak, pick at, plunk, pluck, smack, pick, find fault, hen-peck, foot, blame, piece, break up, pick up, cull

5. peck, pick upverb

   eat by pecking at, like a bird

   Synonyms:
   nag, cop, call for, perk up, nail, lift up, pick, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, see, find out, collect, hen-peck, beak, pick at, learn, receive, gain vigor, collar, turn around, apprehend, smack, get a line, uplift, percolate, pick up, peck at, elate, catch, hear, get wind, perk, discover, intoxicate

6. smack, peckverb

   kiss lightly

   Synonyms:
   pick, smack, beak, thwack, peck at, hen-peck, pick at, pick up, taste, nag, smell, reek

7. pick at, peck at, peckverb

   eat like a bird

   "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"

   Synonyms:
   disparage, belittle, pick, pluck at, smack, peck at, hen-peck, pick at, pick up, pull at, beak, nag

8. nag, peck, hen-peckverb

   bother persistently with trivial complaints

   "She nags her husband all day long"

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

How to use peck in a sentence?

1. Paul Peronard:

   These are horrible working conditions to try to recover oil, normally you at least see it, but you can't see it, you can't smell it. ... We're going to have to hunt and peck through ice to get it out.

2. Charlton Heston:

   Gregory Peck was one of those few great actors of generosity, humor, toughness and spirit. From our fight scene in The Big Country (1958) to his willingness to stand up for what he believed personally, Gregory Peck faced life's challenges with great vigor and courage.

3. William Shakespeare:

   I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at.

4. Jo Peck:

   He can get horses to do things that other people just can't get them to do, he has this almost telepathic conversation that goes on... it's almost like a communication with his horses. The way he asks them to do things is very different from the way a show jumper would ask his or Jo Peck horse to do something.

5. Tom Strother:

   When I put my post up on Facebook yes I was a excited Dad. And also I wanted to make people aware that there is elk in northern Missouri. Donald White said his daughter has faced social media bullying since the incident. (Donald White) There’s no hunting season for elk in Missouri. The state’s conservation department reintroduced the animal at Peck Ranch Conservation Area in 2011 and is currently growing a herd. However, the elk Wilson shot was about 200 miles away from the herd, Springfield News-Leader reported. There are no reports of elk in this area. It was kind of a surprise to us. There was no evidence of any ear tags or collars on this one.

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