Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbɛk/
beck (plural becks)
Synonyms Nounbeck (plural becks)
- A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.
- 1671, John Milton, “Book the Second”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: Printed by J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398 ↗, page 40 ↗:
- Then forthwith to him takes a choſen band / Of Spirits likeſt to himſelf in guile / To be at hand, and at his beck appear,
- German: Wink
- Russian: мановение
beck (becks, present participle becking; past and past participle becked)
- (archaic) To nod or motion with the head.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene iii]:
- When gold and silver becks me to come on.
beck (plural becks)
- A vat.
beck (plural becks)
- Obsolete form of beak#English|beak.
Beck
Proper noun
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