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What does peck mean? Is peck a Scrabble word?

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Is peck a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word peck is a Scrabble US word. The word peck is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

P3E1C3K5

Is peck a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word peck is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

P3E1C3K5

Is peck a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word peck is a Words With Friends word. The word peck is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4E1C4K5

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4-letter words (1 found)

PECK,

3-letter words (3 found)

CEP,KEP,PEC,

2-letter words (1 found)

PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 6 words from peck according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of peck

peck epck pcek cpek ecpk cepk pekc epkc pkec kpec ekpc kepc pcke cpke pkce kpce ckpe kcpe eckp cekp ekcp kecp ckep kcep

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word peck. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in peck.

Definitions and meaning of peck

peck

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

From Middle English pecken, pekken, variant of Middle English piken, picken, pikken (“to pick, use a pointed implement”). More at pick.

Verb

peck (third-person singular simple present pecks, present participle pecking, simple past and past participle pecked)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
  2. (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
  3. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
  4. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
    • 1713 September 14, letter to Joseph Addison, The Guardian, issue 160.
  5. To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
  6. To type by searching for each key individually.
  7. (rare) To type in general.
  8. To kiss briefly.
Derived terms
  • henpeck
  • hunt and peck
  • peck at
  • pecking order
  • peckish
  • woodpecker
Translations

Noun

peck (plural pecks)

  1. An act of striking with a beak.
  2. A small kiss.
Translations

Etymology 2

Probably from Anglo-Norman pek, pekke, of uncertain origin.

Noun

peck (plural pecks)

  1. One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
    They picked a peck of wheat.
  2. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
    She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.
Translations

Etymology 3

Variant of pick (“to throw”).

Verb

peck (third-person singular simple present pecks, present participle pecking, simple past and past participle pecked)

  1. (regional) To throw.
  2. To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.

Etymology 4

Noun

peck (uncountable)

  1. Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
    an occurrence of peck in rice
Derived terms
  • pecky

Etymology 5

Noun

peck (uncountable)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) Food.
References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Etymology 6

Noun

peck

  1. Misspelling of pec.

Source: wiktionary.org