Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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peck | Yes | No | Yes | No |
wad | Yes | No | Yes | No |
peck (noun) | wad (noun) |
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a light kiss | a wad of something chewable as tobacco |
bite by a bird | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent |
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | a small mass of soft material |
a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches | |
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons |
peck (verb) | wad (verb) |
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bother persistently with trivial complaints | crowd or pack to capacity |
eat by pecking at, like a bird | compress into a wad |
eat like a bird | |
kiss lightly | |
hit lightly with a picking motion |