peck

• vi. つつく；石を投げる；欠点探し
• vt. つつく；投げる
• n. たくさん; グラム（体積の単位、2ガロンに等しい）; つつきマーク; クイックニップ

pickの変形で、語彙的にはpeck upと同じ。

peck (v.)

c. 1300, possibly a variant of picken (see pick (v.)), or in part from Middle Low German pekken "to peck with the beak." Related: Pecked; pecking.

peck (n.1)

late 13c., "dry measure of one-quarter bushel," of unknown origin; perhaps connected with Old French pek, picot (13c.), also of unknown origin (Barnhart says these were borrowed from English). Chiefly of oats for horses; original sense may be "allowance" rather than a fixed measure, thus perhaps from peck (v.).

peck (n.2)

"act of pecking," 1610s, from peck (v.). It is attested earlier in thieves' slang (1560s) with a sense of "food, grub."

1. He gave me a little peck on the cheek.

彼は急いで私の顔にキスをした。

2.They turn on their own kind and peck each other to death.

彼らは仲間を攻撃し始め、必死につついていた。

3.These birds peck off all the red flowers.

これらの鳥はすべての赤い花をつついた。

4.She gave him a light peck of farewell.

彼女は彼に慌ただしいキスをして別れを告げた。

5.The cock gave me a peck .

その雄鶏は私をつついた.