Read the dictionary definition of peck. All definitions for this word.
1. a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
2. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
3. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
1. a batch of letters
2. a deal of trouble
3. a lot of money
4. he made a mint on the stock market
5. see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
6. it must have cost plenty
7. a slew of journalists
8. a wad of money
4. bother persistently with trivial complaints
1. She nags her husband all day long
5. eat like a bird
1. The anorexic girl just picks at her food
6. eat by pecking at, like a bird
7. hit lightly with a picking motion
8. kiss lightly