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PECK

Definition:

[noun] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
[noun] a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
[noun] a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
[verb] hit lightly with a picking motion
Synonyms: pick, beak
[verb] eat by pecking at, like a bird
Synonyms: pick up
[verb] kiss lightly
Synonyms: smack
[verb] eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
Synonyms: pick at, at
[verb] bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long"
Synonyms: nag, hen-