peck

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
2. 2
   To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
3. 3
   To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
4. 4
   To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
5. 5
   To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
6. 6
   To type by searching for each key individually.
7. 7
   To type in general.
8. 8
   To kiss briefly.
9. 9
   To throw.
10. 10
    To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.

Noun

1. 1
   An act of striking with a beak.
2. 2
   A small kiss.
3. 3
   One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; equal to approximately 9092 cubic centimeters in the imperial system or 8810 cubic centimeters in the U.S. system.
4. 4
   Similar units in other systems of measure, such as the Roman modius or Chinese dou.
5. 5
   A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
6. 6
   Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
7. 7
   Food.
8. 8
   Misspelling of pec.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   A place in the United States: A city in Idaho.
3. 3
   A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Sedgwick County and Sumner County, Kansas.
4. 4
   A place in the United States: A village in Michigan.
5. 5
   A place in the United States: A town in Wisconsin.