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* As an English surname, variant of Speake with loss of the initial letter. * Also as an English (and sometimes Irish) surname, variant of Peak, Petch, Peach. * As a south German surname, variant of Beck. Compare Pek, also found in Poland. * As a Dutch and north German surname, from pek (“pitch, tar, resin”). * As a Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Serbo-Croatian and Slovene surname, Americanized and Germanized from Pek, Pék meaning "baker," itself ultimately from the German verb backen.

From Middle English pecken, pekken, variant of Middle English piken, picken, pikken (“to pick, use a pointed implement”). More at pick.

Probably from Anglo-Norman pek, pekke, of uncertain origin.

Variant of pick (“to throw”).

153 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: кълване (kǎlvane) — act of striking with a beak
• Catalan: picada — act of striking with a beak
• Esperanto: bekbato — act of striking with a beak
• German: Schnabelhieb — act of striking with a beak
• Portuguese: bicada — act of striking with a beak
• Spanish: picada — act of striking with a beak
• Armenian: պաչիկ (pačʻik) — short kiss
• Bulgarian: целувчица (celuvčica) — short kiss
• Esperanto: kiseto — short kiss
• Finnish: pusu — short kiss
• French: bécot — short kiss
• French: bisou — short kiss
• German: Küsschen — short kiss
• German: Bussi — short kiss
• German: flüchtiger Kuss — short kiss
• Hungarian: puszi — short kiss
• Italian: bacetto — short kiss
• Italian: bacino — short kiss
• Macedonian: цмок (cmok) — short kiss
• Occitan: poton — short kiss
• Polish: cmoknięcie — short kiss
• Portuguese: beijoca — short kiss
• Portuguese: bitoca — short kiss
• Portuguese: beijinho — short kiss
• Russian: чмок (čmok) — short kiss
• Russian: чмо́канье (čmókanʹje) — short kiss
• Scottish Gaelic: ciosag — short kiss
• Scottish Gaelic: poisean — short kiss
• Spanish: pico — short kiss
• Swedish: puss — short kiss
• Bulgarian: шиник (šinik) — one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts
• Catalan: picotí — one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts
• Chinese Mandarin: 斗 — one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts
• Finnish: peck — one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts
• Finnish: kaksi kappaa — one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts
• French: picotin — one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts
• German: Viertelscheffel — one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts
• Greek: μόδι (módi) — one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts
• Ancient Greek: μόδιος (módios) — one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts
• Latin: modius — one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts
• Russian: пек (pɛk) — one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts
• Bulgarian: голямо количество (goljamo količestvo) — great deal; a large or excessive quantity
• Finnish: kasa — great deal; a large or excessive quantity
• Finnish: läjä — great deal; a large or excessive quantity
• German: Menge — great deal; a large or excessive quantity
• German: Haufen — great deal; a large or excessive quantity
• Russian: у́йма (újma) — great deal; a large or excessive quantity
• Russian: ку́ча (kúča) — great deal; a large or excessive quantity
• Afrikaans: pik — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Akan: sɔ — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Arabic: نَقَّرَ (naqqara) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Arabic: نَقَرَ (naqara) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Arabic: نقب (nqab) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Armenian: կտցել (ktcʻel) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Azerbaijani: dənləmək — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Bashkir: соҡоу (soqow) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Belarusian: дзю́баць (dzjúbacʹ) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Belarusian: дзю́бнуць (dzjúbnucʹ) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Bulgarian: кълва́ (kǎlvá) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Burmese: ဆွပ် (hcwap) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Burmese: ဆိတ် (hcit) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Chinese Cantonese: 啄 (doeng1) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Chinese Mandarin: 啄 (zhuó) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Min Nan Chinese: 啄 (tok) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Choctaw: chanli — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Czech: zobat — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Czech: klovat — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Danish: pikke — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Dutch: pikken — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Faroese: pikka — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Finnish: nokkia — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• French: becqueter — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Galician: peteirar — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• German: picken — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Greek: τσιμπολογώ (tsimpologó) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Greek: τσιμπώ (tsimpó) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Hindi: चोंच मारना (cõc mārnā) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Hungarian: csipeget — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Ido: bekagar — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Ingrian: nokkia — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Italian: beccare — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Japanese: ついばむ (tsuibamu) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Khmer: ចឹក (cək) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Korean: 쪼다 (jjoda) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Lao: ຈີກ (chīk) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Macedonian: колве (kolve) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Macedonian: клука (kluka) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Malay: cagut — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Malay: catuk — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Malay: pagut — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Malay: patuk — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Maltese: naqab — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Māori: tongi — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Māori: timo — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Māori: timotimo — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Mizo: chu — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Norwegian Bokmål: pikke — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pikka — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hakka — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Old English: pycan — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Persian: نوک زدن (nok zadan) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Polish: dziobać — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Portuguese: bicar — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Quechua: ch'aphchay — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Quechua: chhutuy — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Romanian: ciuguli — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Russian: клева́ть (klevátʹ) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Russian: клю́нуть (kljúnutʹ) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Serbo-Croatian: зобати — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Serbo-Croatian: кљуцати — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Serbo-Croatian: кљувати — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Serbo-Croatian: zobati — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Serbo-Croatian: kljucati — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Serbo-Croatian: kljuvati — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Slovak: ďobať — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Slovak: zobať — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Slovene: kljuvati — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Spanish: picotear — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Swedish: picka — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Tagalog: tuka — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Tashelhit: ⵏⵇⴱ (nqb) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Thai: จิก (jìk) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Turkish: gagalamak — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Ukrainian: клюва́ти (kljuváty) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Ukrainian: клю́нути (kljúnuty) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Ukrainian: дзьо́бати (dzʹóbaty) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Ukrainian: дзьоба́ти (dzʹobáty) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Ukrainian: дзьо́бнути (dzʹóbnuty) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Ukrainian: дзю́бати (dzjúbaty) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Ukrainian: дзюба́ти (dzjubáty) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Ukrainian: дзю́бнути (dzjúbnuty) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Urdu: چونچ مارنا (chonch maarna) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Vietnamese: mổ — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Walloon: betchî — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Walloon: kibetchî — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Yiddish: פּיקן (pikn) — to strike or pierce with the beak or similar
• Finnish: näykkiä — to do something in small, intermittent pieces
• Finnish: hakata — to type key by key
• Finnish: naputtaa — to type
• Finnish: naputella — to type
• Bulgarian: целувам (celuvam) — to kiss
• Esperanto: kiseti — to kiss
• Finnish: pussata — to kiss
• French: bécoter — to kiss
• German: einen flüchtigen Kuss geben — to kiss
• German: flüchtig küssen — to kiss
• Hungarian: puszil — to kiss
• Korean: 뽀뽀하다 (ppoppohada) — to kiss
• Macedonian: цмокнува (cmoknuva) — to kiss
• Russian: чмо́кать (čmókatʹ) — to kiss
• Russian: чмо́кнуть (čmóknutʹ) — to kiss
• Spanish: bicar — to kiss
• Swedish: pussa — to kiss