· (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "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"

Synonym(s): batch, deal, flock, good_deal, great_deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, pile, plenty, pot, quite_a_little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy_sum, wad

Hypernym(s): large_indefinite_quantity, large_indefinite_amount

· a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons

Hypernym(s): British_capacity_unit, Imperial_capacity_unit

· a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches

Hypernym(s): United_States_dry_unit

· hit lightly with a picking motion

Synonym(s): pick, beak

Hypernym(s): strike

· eat by pecking at, like a bird

Synonym(s): pick_up

Hypernym(s): eat

· kiss lightly

Synonym(s): smack

Hypernym(s): snog, kiss, buss, osculate

· eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"

Synonym(s): pick_at, peck_at

Hypernym(s): eat

· bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long"

Synonym(s): nag, hen-peck

Hypernym(s): complain, kick, plain, sound_off, quetch, kvetch