pec

The pectoralis major muscle.

Noun colloquial, plural normally

  1. The pectoralis major muscle.
    • He's flexing his pecs at anyone who'll look.
    • The quest for perfect pecs is so strong that psychiatrists now sometimes refer to it as “bigorexia,” a form of muscle dysmorphia exhibited mostly by men and characterized by excessive weight lifting, a preoccupation...
  2. Clipping of pectoral sandpiper.
    • Greenshank, dunlins, common sand, snipe and blackwits accompanied the pec. - 2016 August 1, Trevor Lee, “Another pec.”, in Lincsbirders (blog), archived from the original on 01 Jan 2025:
    • I went back into my photos, and yes, on 13 Nov, I photographed both Sharpie and the Pec. - 2019 November 21, Stan Jarzynski, “Possible Pectoral Sandpiper”, in canberrabirds mailing list, archived from the original on 24...

Origin

Clipping of pectoral.

Forms

pecs

Derived

pec bounce pec deck pec pop

Noun UK, obsolete

  1. Money.

Origin

From Latin pecūnia (“money”).