Meaning

2 senses

  1. (colloquial, usually plural)The pectoralis major muscle.

    He's flexing his pecs at anyone who'll look.

  2. (UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Money.

Origin

Clipping of pectoral. From Latin pecūnia (“money”).

Clipping of pectoral.

From Latin pecūnia (“money”).

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Forms

plural: pecs
Singularpec
Pluralpecs

regular

Word family

3 related words
Derivedpec bouncepec deckpec pop

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
peasantC1peatpebbleB2pecanpeccarypeck

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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