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- noun Plural form of
beak . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
beak .
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Examples
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Immediately he gave orders to some sea gulls to bring water in their beaks from a near-by island.
The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot, the Shoe King's Son 1947
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Many of the jays carried acorns in their beaks, which is also in line with the guide books.
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Many of the jays carried acorns in their beaks, which is also in line with the guide books.
Lance Mannion: 2008
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The snap of their beaks was the only sharp noise in the hum of hot summers.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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The seagulls in the animated movie Finding Nemo were still on message almost twenty-five years later: all that comes out of their beaks is the word “Mine.”
Generation Me Ph.D. Jean M. Twenge 2006
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The seagulls in the animated movie Finding Nemo were still on message almost twenty-five years later: all that comes out of their beaks is the word “Mine.”
Generation Me Ph.D. Jean M. Twenge 2006
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This was all that I had been able to make out, apart from a nose sharply outlined (a rare thing in a child) upon a thin face which recalled the beaks of baby vultures.
The Captive 2003
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Almost every year, one or two land-birds are blown across the whole Atlantic Ocean, from North America to the western shores of Ireland and England; but seeds could be transported by these rare wanderers only by one means, namely, by dirt adhering to their feet or beaks, which is in itself a rare accident.
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Guarantee the beaks are the reason the helmets are still on while on the migrant fleet - they haven't figured out how to model a beak talking and make it not look ridiculous.
Joystiq [Xbox] 2009
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Guarantee the beaks are the reason the helmets are still on while on the migrant fleet - they haven't figured out how to model a beak talking and make it not look ridiculous.
Joystiq 2009
hernesheir commented on the word beaks
British colloquialism for "chickens" kept by a poultryman as printed in The Countryman, Winter, 1956, p. 737.
"H.K. Jones, who runs a special poultry section of his mixed farm near Southport-on-Severn, has been keeping hens in batteries for 20 years; now he has 6000 beaks and says it is the only way to make poultry pay."
September 30, 2009