noun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
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Examples
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
noun
a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
noun
a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
verb
hit lightly with a picking motion
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verb
eat by pecking at, like a bird
Synonyms
pick up
verb
kiss lightly
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verb
eat like a bird
Synonyms
pick at
peck at
Examples
- The anorexic girl just picks at her food
verb
bother persistently with trivial complaints
Synonyms
Examples
- She nags her husband all day long