n. A brook; a small stream; especially, a brook with a stony bed or rugged course.n. The valley of a beck; a field or patch of ground adjacent to a brook. See batch.To signal by a nod or other significant gesture; beckon.To recognize a person by a slight bow or nod.To summon or intimate some command or desire to by a nod or gesture; beckon to.To express by a gesture: as, to beck thanks.n. A nod of the head or other significant gesture intended to be understood as expressive of a desire, or as a sign of command.n. A gesture of salutation or recognition; a bow; a courtesy.n. An agricultural implement with two hooks, used in dressing turnips, etc.; a form of mattock.n. A beak.n. Any pointed or projecting part of the dress, especially of a head-dress, as of the bycocket.n. A vat or vessel used in a dye-house; a back.n. Same as beck-harman.