Beck

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A gesture of beckoning or summons.
  • idiom. at (someone's) beck and call Ready to comply with any wish or command.
  • n. Chiefly British A small brook; a creek.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A stream or small river.
  • n. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.
  • v. To nod or motion with the head.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See beak.
  • n. A small brook.
  • n. A vat. See back.
  • verb-intransitive. To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.
  • v. To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.
  • n. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a beckoning gesture
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gesture    motion   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    beak    back   
    Form
    becked    becking   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    brood    gesture    bowl    stream    brook    creek    burn   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cech    Czech    Dec    Eck    Lech    Lek    Peck    Quebec    bec    bedeck   
    Same Context
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