She gave me a peck on the cheek.
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Peck
//pɛk//
Synonyms for "peck" (182 found)
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More general
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Synonyms
4 entriesderived
15 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
4 entriesmanner of
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
Translations
144 translations across 57 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μόδιος noun (one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts)
Arabic
3 entries- نقب verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- نَقَرَ verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- نَقَّرَ verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Armenian
2 entries- պաչիկ noun (short kiss)
- կտցել verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- dənləmək verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Bashkir
1 entries- соҡоу verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Belarusian
2 entries- дзю́баць verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- дзю́бнуць verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Bulgarian
4 entries- голямо количество noun (great deal; a large or excessive quantity)
- кълване noun (act of striking with a beak)
- целувчица noun (short kiss)
- шиник noun (one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts)
Burmese
2 entries- ဆိတ် verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- ဆွပ် verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Catalan
2 entries- picada noun (act of striking with a beak)
- picotí noun (one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 啄 verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 斗 noun (one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts)
- 啄 verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Czech
2 entries- klovat verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- zobat verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Danish
1 entries- pikke verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Dutch
1 entries- pikken verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Esperanto
3 entries- bekbato noun (act of striking with a beak)
- kiseto noun (short kiss)
- kiseti verb (to kiss)
Faroese
1 entries- pikka verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Finnish
4 entries- kaksi kappaa noun (one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts)
- kasa noun (great deal; a large or excessive quantity)
- läjä noun (great deal; a large or excessive quantity)
- peck noun (one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts)
French
4 entries- bisou noun (short kiss)
- bécot noun (short kiss)
- picotin noun (one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts)
- becqueter verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Galician
1 entries- peteirar verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
German
4 entries- Bussi noun (short kiss)
- Haufen noun (great deal; a large or excessive quantity)
- Küsschen noun (short kiss)
- Menge noun (great deal; a large or excessive quantity)
Greek
3 entries- μόδι noun (one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts)
- τσιμπολογώ verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- τσιμπώ verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Hindi
1 entries- चोंच मारना verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Hungarian
3 entries- puszi noun (short kiss)
- csipeget verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- puszil verb (to kiss)
Ido
1 entries- bekagar verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Ingrian
1 entries- nokkia verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Italian
3 entries- bacetto noun (short kiss)
- bacino noun (short kiss)
- beccare verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Japanese
1 entries- ついばむ verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Khmer
1 entries- ចឹក verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Korean
2 entries- 뽀뽀하다 verb (to kiss)
- 쪼다 verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Lao
1 entries- ຈີກ verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Latin
1 entries- modius noun (one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts)
Macedonian
4 entries- цмок noun (short kiss)
- клука verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- колве verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- цмокнува verb (to kiss)
Malay
4 entries- cagut verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- catuk verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- pagut verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- patuk verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Maltese
1 entries- naqab verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Mizo
1 entries- chu verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Māori
3 entries- timo verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- timotimo verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- tongi verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- pikke verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Occitan
1 entries- poton noun (short kiss)
Old English
1 entries- pycan verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Persian
1 entries- نوک زدن verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Polish
2 entries- cmoknięcie noun (short kiss)
- dziobać verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Portuguese
4 entries- beijinho noun (short kiss)
- beijoca noun (short kiss)
- bicada noun (act of striking with a beak)
- bitoca noun (short kiss)
Quechua
2 entries- ch'aphchay verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- chhutuy verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Romanian
1 entries- ciuguli verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Russian
4 entries- ку́ча noun (great deal; a large or excessive quantity)
- пек noun (one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts)
- у́йма noun (great deal; a large or excessive quantity)
- чмо́канье noun (short kiss)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- ciosag noun (short kiss)
- poisean noun (short kiss)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kljucati verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- kljuvati verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- zobati verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- зобати verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Slovak
2 entries- zobať verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- ďobať verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Slovene
1 entries- kljuvati verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Spanish
4 entries- picada noun (act of striking with a beak)
- pico noun (short kiss)
- bicar verb (to kiss)
- picotear verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Swedish
3 entries- puss noun (short kiss)
- picka verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- pussa verb (to kiss)
Tashelhit
1 entries- ⵏⵇⴱ verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Thai
1 entries- จิก verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дзьо́бати verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- дзьо́бнути verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- дзьоба́ти verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- дзю́бати verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Vietnamese
1 entries- mổ verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Walloon
2 entries- betchî verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
- kibetchî verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּיקן verb (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there.
Source: tatoeba (326932)
One crow doesn't peck another's eye.
Source: tatoeba (441337)
He gave her a peck on the cheek.
Source: tatoeba (934445)
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