beck

[beck]

A beckoning gesture

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See Beak.

Noun
a beckoning gesture


n.
See Beak.

n.
A small brook.

n.
A vat. See Back.

v. i.
To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.

v. t.
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.


Beck

Beck , n. See Beak. [Obs.] Spenser.

Beck

Beck, n. [OE. bek, AS. becc; akin to Icel. bekkr brook, OHG. pah, G. bach.] A small brook.
The brooks, the becks, the rills.

Beck

Beck, n. A vat. See Back.

Beck

Beck, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Becked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Becking.] [Contr. of beckon.] To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. [Archaic] Drayton.

Beck

Beck, v. t. To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to. [Archaic]
When gold and silver becks me to come on.

Beck

Beck, n. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
They have troops of soldiers at their beck.

See Beak.

A small brook.

A vat. See Back.

To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand.

To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.

A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.

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Usage Examples

On August 28, 2010, Fox News messiah Glenn Beck hosted a 'Restoring Honor' revival meeting featuring sexy guest star Sarah Palin, much as Bob Hope would roll out Raquel Welch in white go-go boots on his U.S.O. tours to give our fighting men a morale lift in their khakis.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes his mental library.

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