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NOUN (3)

1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
- Example: "a batch of letters"
- Example: "a deal of trouble"
- Example: "a lot of money"
- Example: "he made a mint on the stock market"
- Example: "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"
- Example: "it must have cost plenty"
- Example: "a slew of journalists"
- Example: "a wad of money"
[syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]

2. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons;

3. a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches;


VERB (5)

1. hit lightly with a picking motion;
[syn: peck, pick, beak]

2. eat by pecking at, like a bird;
[syn: peck, pick up]

3. kiss lightly;
[syn: smack, peck]

4. eat like a bird;
- Example: "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
[syn: pick at, peck at, peck]

5. bother persistently with trivial complaints;
- Example: "She nags her husband all day long"
[syn: nag, peck, hen-peck]

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