Definitions
from 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.
from 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. See beak.
- n. A small brook.
- n. A vat. See back.
- n. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
- intransitive v. To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.
- transitive v. To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- 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 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.
- 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a beckoning gesture
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It is the _brok lempe_ of old writers, _Veronica beccabunga_, the syllable _bec_ signifying a beck or brook; or perhaps the whole title comes from the Flemish _beck pungen_, mouth-smart, in allusion to the pungent taste of the plant.
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February 13th, 2009 at 6: 17 pm glenn beck is such a d-bag!! rec Says:
Matthew Yglesias » RNC Chair Steele Says Republicans Are Untrustworthy
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Personally, I think beck is hurting our country, he also is a racist who incites violence.
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Fred ♪ ♫ ♪ says: beck is recieving his well deserved karma. down the drain he goes.
Think Progress » Apple and other advertisers have ‘abandoned’ Fox News because of Glenn Beck.
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We all know that beck is a sick, whatever the fck he is.
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Xisithrus says: if you guys think that beck is just an opinion based show only = Pezpiz =
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The words of the ignoramus known as glenn beck have no power here. glenn beck is not right, “technically right” or anywhere near right.
Think Progress » Beck: ‘African-American is a bogus, PC, made-up term. I mean, that’s not a race.’
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To the rest of the world, beck is a fascist propagandist preaching sedition and hatred.
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February 18th, 2010 at 7: 58 pm tombaker says: beck is their manson.
Think Progress » Scott Brown Yawns At Plane Attack On IRS Building: ‘No One Likes Paying Taxes’
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Fred ♪ ♫ ♪ says: beck is saying that he will call people what he wants to call them regardless of what they want to be called.
Think Progress » Beck: ‘African-American is a bogus, PC, made-up term. I mean, that’s not a race.’
Gammerstang commented on the word beck
(verb) - (1) To curtzy by a female, as contradistinguished from bowing in the other sex. From Icelandic beiga, to bow.
--John Brockett's Glossary of North Country Words, 1825
(2) Of a horse, to nod or jerk the head.
--Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1898-1905
(3) To make a mute signal, as by nodding, shaking the forefinger, etc.
--Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1888
January 15, 2018
treeseed commented on the word beck
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
noun
Etymology: Middle English bek, from Old Norse bekkr; akin to Old English bæc brook, Old High German bah
Date: 14th century
British : creek
"Oh, dear, if I was but a little chap in Vendale again, to see the clear beck, and the apple-orchard, and the yew-hedge, how different I would go on!"
_Water Babies - Charles Kingsley, 1937
January 31, 2008
slumry commented on the word beck
and a gesture used to summon someone
July 18, 2007
fbharjo commented on the word beck
beck in the sense of a small, steep brook or stream
January 16, 2007