pecks 1 of 2

plural of peck
as in loads
a considerable amount now you're in a peck of trouble

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pecks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of peck
1
as in nibbles
to eat reluctantly and in small bites found out that fashion models never really eat—they just peck at small meals in expensive restaurants

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Noun
  • But, at a moment when big narrative audio studios are shuttering, loads of people are being laid off and fewer documentary series are being made, this sentence really struck a nerve in the industry of folks who produce, write, edit and sound design longform narrative audio.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • That could mean co-locating with renewables, using batteries to extend solar availability, or making data centers flexible enough to shift heavy compute loads to periods of abundant clean power.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Keeping gladiolus and other bulbs in bulb cages or a DIY cage made of chicken wire can add extra rodent protection and make sure nothing nibbles on your plants.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Alex breaks free and, in a panic, repeatedly stabs Evelyn with the syringe.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Spike takes one of Kelson's tranquilizer darts filled with morphine and stabs Samson in the arm with it.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Qatar aims to have 11 million tons per year of CCS capacity in place by 2035.
    Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Grating sections are approximately 5½ feet wide by 38 feet and about 5 inches deep, with each piece weighing about 2 tons.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Srinivas, who often jabs the search engine giant, made an interesting point.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Haggard jabs Baird over mailers The race is already tense.
    Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The neck of his daughter's guitar pokes out above chunks of concrete.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Those two buyers went on to sell chunks of their stakes to Libero Football Finance, a German company, and NIPA Capital, based in the Netherlands.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Recounting his visit with Shelton’s body after she’d been taken off of life support in From Bleak to Dark, Maron punctures the somber scene with a joke about taking a selfie.
    Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Chicago O’Hare, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International, Denver International and Dallas-Fort Worth also experienced dozens of cancellations and hundreds of delays, FlightAware data shows.
    Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The original location closed more than a dozen years ago.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Pecks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pecks. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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