pech
UK/pɛk/
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Scotland/pɛx/
pech verb: to pant, to struggle for breath.
Verb
pech (third-person singular simple present pechs, present participle peching, simple past and past participle peched)
- To pant, to struggle for breath.
- An' as they breisted the lang lang hill / The puir horse graned and peched.1913, John Buchan, Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall, page 136
- Then Chris saw Bruce, the porter, come in, with the mark on his jaw where his godfather hit him, then Leslie, the smith, paiching and sweating, he dropped his stick with an awful clatter.1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 321
Noun capitalized: Pech
Pech pl (plural only)
- An indigenous ethnic group of north-eastern Honduras.
- Synonyms:
- Paya
Proper noun capitalized: Pech
Pech
- An indigenous Amerindian language spoken in Honduras.
- Synonyms:
- Paya
Examples of pech in a sentence
- When Graham reached him, however, he felt so exhausted he could not immediately explain; he had to sit on the ground, peching like a seal.1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 207:
- If he could just stop breathing and listen but he was peching too much from the climb.1994, James Kelman, How Late it Was, How Late:
Synonyms of pech
Forms of pech
| third-person singular present | pechs |
|---|---|
| present participle | peching |
| past participle | peched |
| past | peched |
| alternative form | paich |
| alternative form | pegh |
Origin of pech
Borrowed from Scots pech, apparently of imitative origin.
Words that rhyme with pech
Questions about pech
- What does pech mean?
- Pech means to pant, to struggle for breath.
- How do you use pech in a sentence?
- When Graham reached him, however, he felt so exhausted he could not immediately explain; he had to sit on the ground, peching like a seal.
- What part of speech is pech?
- Pech can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce pech?
- Pech is pronounced /pɛk/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of pech?
- The past tense of pech is peched.
Words near pech in the dictionary
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