Peck
noun
A quick and light touch with the mouth, like a bird does.
He gave her a quick peck on the cheek before he left.
Often appears as...
- peck on the cheek
- peck at food
noun
A unit of dry volume or capacity in the British and US customary systems of measurement.
I bought a peck of apples at the farmers' market.
Often appears as...
- peck of apples
- peck of corn
verb
To strike or prick with a beak or a similar instrument.
The birds pecked at their food in the cage.
Often appears as...
- peck at food
- peck a hole
verb
To make small bites or nibbles, especially in eating.
She barely ate anything and just pecked at her food.
Often appears as...
- peck at food
- barely peck
noun
A quick and light touch with the mouth, like a bird does.
He gave her a quick peck on the cheek before he left.
Often appears as...
- peck on the cheek
- peck at food
noun
A unit of dry volume or capacity in the British and US customary systems of measurement.
I bought a peck of apples at the farmers' market.
Often appears as...
- peck of apples
- peck of corn
verb
To strike or prick with a beak or a similar instrument.
The birds pecked at their food in the cage.
Often appears as...
- peck at food
- peck a hole
verb
To make small bites or nibbles, especially in eating.
She barely ate anything and just pecked at her food.
Often appears as...
- peck at food
- barely peck
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Affectionate Gesture
Used to describe a small, friendly kiss without romantic implication.
After the play, she gave each cast member a peck on the cheek.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Farewell
Commonly used to indicate a quick kiss goodbye.
He gave his daughter a peck on the forehead before leaving for work.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Romantic
It's not usually used to describe passionate or long kisses.
They exchanged a peck on the cheek, not a full kiss, in greeting.
Pro Tip 1/3Affectionate Gesture
Used to describe a small, friendly kiss without romantic implication.
After the play, she gave each cast member a peck on the cheek.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Farewell
Commonly used to indicate a quick kiss goodbye.
He gave his daughter a peck on the forehead before leaving for work.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Romantic
It's not usually used to describe passionate or long kisses.
They exchanged a peck on the cheek, not a full kiss, in greeting.
Pro Tip 1/3Affectionate Gesture
Used to describe a small, friendly kiss without romantic implication.
After the play, she gave each cast member a peck on the cheek.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Farewell
Commonly used to indicate a quick kiss goodbye.
He gave his daughter a peck on the forehead before leaving for work.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Romantic
It's not usually used to describe passionate or long kisses.
They exchanged a peck on the cheek, not a full kiss, in greeting.
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Shakespearean dating...
to simple pecks on the cheek either. An intentional ambiguity was often used as a cheeky means to proposition marriage or a more intimate relationship. Therefore, instead of viewing Shakespearean works as out-dated, boring, and unhelpful, start reading today and discover the best ways to get the one you love
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The pattern behind...
if you just randomly assign rewards such that there is no pattern, they will figure out any kind of pattern. And whatever they were doing just before they got the reward, they repeat that particular pattern. Sometimes it was even spinning around twice counterclockwise, once clockwise and peck the key twice.
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My year of saying yes to...
so you'll get that I don't peck at a computer and imagine all day, so you'll hear me when I say that I understand that a dream job is not about dreaming. It's all job, all work, all reality, all blood, all sweat, no tears. I work a lot, very hard, and I love it. When I'm hard at work, when I'm deep in it,
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Leyla Acaroglu: Paper...
and then all of that has to operate within the biggest system, and, I would argue, the most important, the ecosystem. And you see, the choices that we make as an individual, but the choices that we make in every single job that we have, no matter how high or low you are in the pecking order,
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Why Four Cowboys Rode...
didn't want the ones that were at the bottom of the pecking order we kind of one of those in the middle hoping to have the assumption that they would be um chill because we had a bunch a flock horse trained to adopt these horses with the help of two professional trainers
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Margaret Heffernan: Why...
They'd pecked the rest to death. The individually productive chickens had only achieved their success by suppressing the productivity of the rest. Now, as I've gone around the world talking about this and telling this story in all sorts of organizations and companies,
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Why our IQ levels are...
about four years of schooling. And he asked that particular person, what do crows and fish have in common? And the fellow said, "Absolutely nothing. You know, I can eat a fish. I can't eat a crow. A crow can peck at a fish.
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The Dirty Side Of...
be respectful we were always on the edge of the colonies it's almost impossible to get inside them and i don't think you really want because the spaces between the nests are so small you're bound to get pecked and you're
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On sincere and authentic...
and we all do them for you oh poor babies again so and they said what's not your turn I've been waiting over 200 years you've had your peck
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Jackal vs. Ostrich Eggs...
it comes to a food find like this pecking order is strictly observed the biggest bird gets the booty
Video examples
Shakespearean dating...
to simple pecks on the cheek either. An intentional ambiguity was often used as a cheeky means to proposition marriage or a more intimate relationship. Therefore, instead of viewing Shakespearean works as out-dated, boring, and unhelpful, start reading today and discover the best ways to get the one you love
Video examples
The pattern behind...
if you just randomly assign rewards such that there is no pattern, they will figure out any kind of pattern. And whatever they were doing just before they got the reward, they repeat that particular pattern. Sometimes it was even spinning around twice counterclockwise, once clockwise and peck the key twice.
Video examples
My year of saying yes to...
so you'll get that I don't peck at a computer and imagine all day, so you'll hear me when I say that I understand that a dream job is not about dreaming. It's all job, all work, all reality, all blood, all sweat, no tears. I work a lot, very hard, and I love it. When I'm hard at work, when I'm deep in it,
Video examples
Leyla Acaroglu: Paper...
and then all of that has to operate within the biggest system, and, I would argue, the most important, the ecosystem. And you see, the choices that we make as an individual, but the choices that we make in every single job that we have, no matter how high or low you are in the pecking order,
Video examples
Why Four Cowboys Rode...
didn't want the ones that were at the bottom of the pecking order we kind of one of those in the middle hoping to have the assumption that they would be um chill because we had a bunch a flock horse trained to adopt these horses with the help of two professional trainers
Video examples
Margaret Heffernan: Why...
They'd pecked the rest to death. The individually productive chickens had only achieved their success by suppressing the productivity of the rest. Now, as I've gone around the world talking about this and telling this story in all sorts of organizations and companies,
Video examples
Why our IQ levels are...
about four years of schooling. And he asked that particular person, what do crows and fish have in common? And the fellow said, "Absolutely nothing. You know, I can eat a fish. I can't eat a crow. A crow can peck at a fish.
Video examples
The Dirty Side Of...
be respectful we were always on the edge of the colonies it's almost impossible to get inside them and i don't think you really want because the spaces between the nests are so small you're bound to get pecked and you're
Video examples
On sincere and authentic...
and we all do them for you oh poor babies again so and they said what's not your turn I've been waiting over 200 years you've had your peck
Video examples
Jackal vs. Ostrich Eggs...
it comes to a food find like this pecking order is strictly observed the biggest bird gets the booty
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B. D. Wong
American Actor
As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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Larry Speakes
American Public Servant
Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him.
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George Clooney
American Actor
There is a strange pecking order among actors. Theatre actors look down on film actors, who look down on TV actors. Thank God for reality shows, or we wouldn't have anybody to look down on.
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Dwight Yoakam
American Musician
m really proud of it. To me, it's a movie about character behavior and the pecking order of the pack, as well as the central character's massive survival guilt.
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Kari Skogland
Television can be quite corporatized: There's a pecking order and a process, and so many layers that it can take away some of the true creative spirit.
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Claire Messud
American Novelist
Girls, in particular, use storytelling to establish hierarchies, a pecking order. There is a sort of jockeying of who is in charge of shared history.
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Octavia E. Butler
American Writer
I pecked my stories out two-fingered on the Remington portable typewriter my mother had bought me. I had begged for it when I was ten.
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Ken Berry
I spent every summer as a child at my uncle's farm in Illinois so I know all about gathering eggs and how the hens will peck at you.
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Wayne Shorter
American Musician
I know Ornette was playing violin sometimes - that was his bridge into the classical world, to break up that whole pecking order.
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Peter Hook
English Musician
Any coalition, especially where one party is more powerful than the other, it's always bound to have a pecking order.
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B. D. Wong
American Actor
As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
Quote examples
Larry Speakes
American Public Servant
Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him.
Quote examples
George Clooney
American Actor
There is a strange pecking order among actors. Theatre actors look down on film actors, who look down on TV actors. Thank God for reality shows, or we wouldn't have anybody to look down on.
Quote examples
Dwight Yoakam
American Musician
m really proud of it. To me, it's a movie about character behavior and the pecking order of the pack, as well as the central character's massive survival guilt.
Quote examples
Kari Skogland
Television can be quite corporatized: There's a pecking order and a process, and so many layers that it can take away some of the true creative spirit.
Quote examples
Claire Messud
American Novelist
Girls, in particular, use storytelling to establish hierarchies, a pecking order. There is a sort of jockeying of who is in charge of shared history.
Quote examples
Octavia E. Butler
American Writer
I pecked my stories out two-fingered on the Remington portable typewriter my mother had bought me. I had begged for it when I was ten.
Quote examples
Ken Berry
I spent every summer as a child at my uncle's farm in Illinois so I know all about gathering eggs and how the hens will peck at you.
Quote examples
Wayne Shorter
American Musician
I know Ornette was playing violin sometimes - that was his bridge into the classical world, to break up that whole pecking order.
Quote examples
Peter Hook
English Musician
Any coalition, especially where one party is more powerful than the other, it's always bound to have a pecking order.
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