Check Dictionary
Find out more about a word, its definitions, and word-game validity.
Dictionary Checker helps you quickly verify whether a word appears in the same local English word list used by our word tools.
Valid in These Word Lists
TWL/NWL compatible English word list
Local OneTimeRead word tools dictionary
Meaning of pecks
noun
- An act of striking with a beak.
- A small kiss.
verb
- To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird). Example: The birds pecked at their food.
- To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument. Example: to peck a hole in a tree
- To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
- To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
- To do something in small, intermittent pieces. Example: He has been pecking away at that project for some time now.
noun
- One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts. Example: They picked a peck of wheat.
- A great deal; a large or excessive quantity. Example: She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.
verb
- To throw.
- To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
What is a Dictionary Checker?
A dictionary checker verifies whether a typed word exists in a word list. It is useful for word games, puzzle checks, spelling checks, and quick vocabulary confirmation.
How It Works
The tool cleans the input, compares it against a local English word list, and then tries to load definitions from a free dictionary source when available.