Meaning

noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

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

origin* 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…

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