beak vs peck

verb

noun

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads.
A schoolmaster (originally, at Eton).
The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed.
That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.
A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc.
A justice of the peace; a magistrate.
The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
A toe clip.
A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
cocaine.
Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land.
A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.

verb

To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
To type in general.
To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
To type by searching for each key individually.
To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
To throw.
To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
To kiss briefly.

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