different between peck vs quart
peck
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English pecken, pekken, variant of Middle English piken, picken, pikken (“to pick, use a pointed implement”). More at pick.
Verb
peck (third-person singular simple present pecks, present participle pecking, simple past and past participle pecked)
- (transitive, intransitive) To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
- The birds pecked at their food.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Chapter 2
- The rooster had been known to fly on her shoulder and peck her neck, so that now she carried a stick or took one of the children with her when she went to feed the fowls.
- (transitive) To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
- 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.
- 1713 September 14, letter to Joseph Addison, The Guardian, issue 160.
- To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
- He has been pecking away at that project for some time now.
- To type by searching for each key individually.
- (rare) To type in general.
- To kiss briefly.
- 1997, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 1; 1998 ed., Scholastic Press, ?ISBN, p. 2
- At half past eight, Mr. Dursley picked up his briefcase, pecked Mrs. Dursley on the cheek, and tried to kiss Dudley good-bye but missed, because Dudley was now having a tantrum and throwing his cereal at the walls.
- 1997, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 1; 1998 ed., Scholastic Press, ?ISBN, p. 2
Derived terms
- pecking order
- peckish
- woodpecker
Translations
Noun
peck (plural pecks)
- An act of striking with a beak.
- A small kiss.
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably from Anglo-Norman pek, pekke, of uncertain origin.
Noun
peck (plural pecks)
- One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.
- They picked a peck of wheat.
- A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.
- She figured most children probably ate a peck of dirt before they turned ten.
Translations
Etymology 3
Variant of pick (“to throw”).
Verb
peck (third-person singular simple present pecks, present participle pecking, simple past and past participle pecked)
- (regional) 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.
- 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin 2013, p. 97:
- Anyhow, one of them fell, another one pecked badly, and Jerry disengaged himself from the group to scuttle up the short strip of meadow to win by a length.
- 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin 2013, p. 97:
Etymology 4
Noun
peck (uncountable)
- Discoloration caused by fungus growth or insects.
- an occurrence of peck in rice
Derived terms
- pecky
Etymology 5
Noun
peck
- Misspelling of pec.
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quart
English
Etymology
From French quart, from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Cognate with Spanish cuarto (“quarter; room, quarters”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kw??t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kw??t/, /k??t/
- Rhymes: -??(r)t
Noun
quart (plural quarts)
- A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
- (card games) Four successive cards of the same suit.
- (obsolete) A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
Translations
See also
- you can't get a quart into a pint pot
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin quartus (“fourth”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?kwa?t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?kwart/
Adjective
quart (feminine quarta, masculine plural quarts, feminine plural quartes)
- fourth
Usage notes
When quart is the ordinal number of a century or of a regnal name of a monarch or pope, it is written using Roman numerals following the noun. Thus Joan Quart is written Joan IV.
For most fractional numbers, the ordinal number is used to indicate the denominator of the fraction. Quart and its forms share the job of indicating fractional fourths with quarter and its forms. Exceptions to this rule include mig (“half”), terç (“third”), quarter (“quarter”), milionèsim (“millionth”), bilionèsim (“billionth”), ....
The feminine form of the ordinal is usually used as the collective noun for a set of like objects of that size. Instead of quart, qüern is used. Exceptions to the usual rule include parell (“set of 2”), qüern (“set of 4”), centenar (“set of 100”), grossa (“set of 144”), miler (“set of 1000”), and milenar (“1000”).
Synonyms
- (fraction): quarter
Derived terms
- quart creixent (waxing quarter moon):
- quart minvant (waning quarter moon):
- quart de rodó (quarter round molding):
Noun
quart m (plural quarts)
- quarter hour
- A political subdivision of the parishes La Massana, Ordino, and Sant Julià de Lòria in Andorra.
- (obsolete) barrel; unit of liquid measure equal to one-quarter of a pipe
- (paper) quarto; paper size
- (printing) quarto; book size
- (castells) a casteller on the fourth level of a castell
Further reading
- “quart” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin qu?rtus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?/
- Homophones: car, quarts
- Rhymes: -a?
Adjective
quart (feminine singular quarte, masculine plural quarts, feminine plural quartes)
- (dated) fourth
Derived terms
- quart-monde
Noun
quart m (plural quarts)
- quarter (fraction)
- (Quebec) shift (period of work)
Derived terms
Related terms
- quatre
- quatuor
Further reading
- “quart” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Adjective
quart m (feminine singular quarte, masculine plural quarts, feminine plural quartes)
- fourth
Synonyms
- quatriesme
Norman
Etymology 1
From Old French quart, from Latin quartus.
Noun
quart m (plural quarts)
- (Guernsey) quarter (fraction)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
quart m (plural quarts)
- (Jersey) watch
Old French
Adjective
quart m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quarte)
- fourth
Noun
quart m (oblique plural quarz or quartz, nominative singular quarz or quartz, nominative plural quart)
- quarter (1/4)
- fourth (the ordinal position corresponding to four)
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