▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird). ▸ verb:  (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument. ▸ verb:  To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements. ▸ verb:  To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up. ▸ verb:  To do something in small, intermittent pieces. ▸ verb:  To type by searching for each key individually. ▸ verb:  (rare) To type in general. ▸ verb:  To kiss briefly. ▸ noun:  An act of striking with a beak. ▸ noun:  A small kiss. ▸ noun:  One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts. ▸ noun:  A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. ▸ verb:  (regional) To throw. ▸ verb:  To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot. ▸ noun:  Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects. ▸ noun:  (UK, slang, obsolete) Food. ▸ noun:  A surname. ▸ noun:  A city in Idaho. ▸ noun:  A village in Michigan. ▸ noun:  A town in Wisconsin. ▸ noun:  Misspelling of pec. [(colloquial, usually in the plural) The pectoralis major muscle.]peck at, hen-peck, muckle, wad, pick, nag, flock, stack, slew, pick at, more... quick kiss,  to kiss,  soft kiss,  chaste kiss,  playful smooch

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