n. The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts.n. A great deal; a large or excessive quantity.v. To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into.v. Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements.v. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as with the beak; to bite; to eat; -- often with up.v. To make, by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.verb-intransitive. To make strokes with the beak, or with a pointed instrument.verb-intransitive. To pick up food with the beak; hence, to eat.n. A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.