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Definition of pecksnext
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
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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
  • As more loads were seized through the summer and fall of 2024, Wedding began to rely increasingly on one of Toronto’s most colorful criminal defense attorneys, Deepak Paradkar, for information, according to the indictment.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
  • In some of the tunnels that cut through the mountains, there were only a couple of inches to spare on either side of the loads.
    Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
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
  • The suspect pounces on Ennin while the victim is down and stabs him multiple times before running off.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • After Fiona confesses to killing Willem, a raging Constance stabs Dahlia.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Lightweight and easy to flatten when empty, this packable tote from Bagsmart is a steal for $26 and features tons of pockets for stashing all of your travel essentials.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Also, didn’t Trump just pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, the former Honduran President, who had been sentenced to forty-five years in federal prison for conspiring to import four hundred tons of cocaine into the United States?
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
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
  • Once that’s been melted to water, larger chunks of the ice slough off much more easily.
    Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 8 Jan. 2026
  • If large stuck-on food chunks remain, carefully scrape them off with a razor blade, being mindful not to scratch the stovetop.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • But Anderson punctures his weed haze with the bright light of a past that in actuality never dimmed, when Lockjaw begins to hunt Pat and Willa.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • Having designed dozens of homes and studied many more, interior designers become accustomed to spotting some of the same home accessories over and over again.
    Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 11 Jan. 2026
  • While this design comes in a dozen colors, the Amazon-exclusive Black Cherry hue is swoonworthy!
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
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“Pecks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pecks. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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