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Synonyms for peck

Most common

flock muckle passel pick-up

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Other

pick-up

Verb

1. Pick — to throw

nibble, chuck, fling, hurl, pick dated

2. Hen-peck

hen-peck, nag

Other

beak, pick at, smack, piddle dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An act of striking with a beak.

  2. v. 1

    To throw.

  3. v. 2

    To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).

    The birds pecked at their food.

Related words

Word family
peckish
Phrases
peck at hunt and peck

Forms

Plural
pecks → deals, flocks, sights, lots…
Past participle
pecked
e.g. pecked → nibbled, chucked, hurled, picked…

Example sentences

  • flock The hunter aimed a shotgun at the flock of birds.
  • muckle Many a mickle makes a muckle.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
peckrising
flocksteady
mucklerising
passelrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
lot1, pot1, nag1, wad1
4 letters
deal1, pick1, mass1, mess1, pile1, mint1, heap1, raft1, slew1, beak1, hurl1
5 letters
sight1, chuck1, stack1, batch1, flock1, smack1, fling1, spate1
6 letters
plenty2, nibble2, muckle2, passel2, piddle2
8 letters
mountain2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (plenty2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
bécot