Clues for the word "PECK"
We've had 96 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 215 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on October 12, 2026.
Definition of peck
- n. - The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.
- n. - A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
- v. - To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree.
- v. - Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.
- v. - To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up.
- v. - To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument; as, to peck a hole in a tree.
- v. i. - To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.
- v. i. - To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.
- n. - A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.
Referring Clues
- Chicken bite
- Amount of corn
- Apple quantity
- Amount of trouble?
- Eat like a bird
- Quantity of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked
- Actor Gregory of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
- Quarter of a bushel
- Pickled peppers measure
- Atticus Finch portrayer ... or something finches do
- Impersonal kiss
- Measure of pickled peppers
- Ahab, in 1956's "Moby Dick"
- Barely a kiss
- Gregory of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
- He played Ahab in 1956
- Hunt's partner
- Kiss on the cheek
- Quick kiss
- Little kiss
- Attack with a beak
- Lots of trouble?
- About 8.8 liters
- Bushel fraction
- Eight dry quarts
- Legendary actor Gregory
- Eat like a chicken
- Amount of corn, e.g.
- Eight quarts
- Peter Piper's haul
- Chaste kiss
- Little bitty kiss
- Atticus Finch portrayer
- Quantity picked by Peter Piper
- Farmers' market unit
- Hunt-and-___ (typing method)
- Produce unit
- Farm measure
- Farm unit
- Ahab portrayer
- 'Moby Dick' star
- Kiss lightly
- Finch portrayer
- Act like a chicken
- Finch portrayer of film
- Actor Gregory
- Amount for Peter Piper
- 1/4 bushel
- A measure of trouble or a Canadian car
- Modest kiss
- Quarter-bushel
- Farmers' market measure
- Briefest of kisses
- Cursory kiss
- "Roman Holiday" star
- Lot of trouble?
- Measure of trouble?
- Hit with the bill?
- Farm stand measure
- Hit like a hen
- Bushel part
- "Old Gringo" actor
- Perfunctory kiss
- Nibble
- Nibble at food a lot
- A little kiss for Gregory?
- See 10
- Light kiss
- Strike with beak
- 16 pints producing cursory display of affection
- Playful kiss
- Kiss head off spot
- Gregory, perhaps, joined by a lesser actor in London
- Work for chicken feed?
- Make a beak impression
- Quick little kiss
- Not just air-kiss
- Fraction of a bushel
- Kiss
- Farmers’ market measure
- Two dry gallons
- A little kiss from a bird?
- Hunt-and-___ typing
- Part of a bushel
- Birds do it
- One may be planted on a cheek
- Unit of measure in a tongue twister
- "To Kill a Mockingbird" star
- Light, quick kiss
- A little kiss for Gregory?
- Light 49-Down
- Half a half-bushel
- Small smooch
- Brief kiss
- Demure kiss
- Small smack
Last Seen In
- New York Times - October 12, 2026
- LA Times - August 15, 2026
- New York Times - July 04, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 03, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 10, 2026
- Your Life Choices - May 28, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - May 19, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 13, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 13, 2026
- Daily American - February 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 09, 2025
- LA Times - August 03, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 27, 2025
- Daily American - June 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 22, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 25, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 05, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 12, 2024
- LA Times - December 04, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 26, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 08, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 01, 2024
- Daily American - October 28, 2024
- Daily American - October 26, 2024
- New York Times - October 14, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 03, 2024
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