Peck Meaning in German

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1. (v.) To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up.
2. (v.) To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
3. (v. i.) To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
4. (v.) Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.
5. (v. i.) To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.
6. (n.) The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.
7. (n.) A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.
8. (n.) A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
9. (v.) To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.