peck
/pɛk/ sustantivo C2En español: peck, montón
- 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. · Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
- Similar units in other systems of measure, such as the Roman modius or Chinese dou.
- A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. · She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.
Plural pecks
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One could have eaten a meal off the ground without overbrimming the proverbial peck of dirt.
And the Wicked Witch said to the King Crow, “Fly at once to the strangers; peck out their eyes and tear them to pieces.”
I will peck his eyes out.”
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