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peck

1. verb of bird2. verb kiss3. verb make mark in stone, metal4. noun with beak5. noun kiss6. noun MEAS, HIST unit of measurement
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1 verb of bird
TRANSITIVEgiob verb  c m upioc verb  c m uprioc verb  c m uthey'd peck your eyes out phriocfaidís na súile asat
INTRANSITIVEgiob verb  c m upioc verb  c m uprioc verb  c m u
2 verb kiss TRANSITIVEpóigín a thabhairt doshe pecked me on the cheek thug sí póigín dom ar mo ghrua
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3 verb make mark in stone, metal TRANSITIVEtapáil verb  c m uto peck an image into a rock íomhá a thapáil isteach i gcloch 4 noun with beakgiobadh masc  c m upiocadh masc  c m upriocadh masc  c m u 5 noun kisspóigín masc4  c m u 6 noun MEAS, HIST unit of measurementpeic fem2
phrases

to eat a peck of dirt before you die

we'll all eat a peck of dirt before we die is iomaí greim salachair a bheidh slogtha againn faoin am a bhfaighimid bás

to peck a hole in sth

rud a pholladh le do ghobpoll a dhéanamh i rud le do ghobthe magpie was pecking holes in the plastic bhí an snag breac ag polladh an phlaistigh lena ghob

to peck sb/sth to death

(also

to peck sb/sth to pieces

) duine/rud a stróiceadh as a chéile