beck Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a beckoning gesture

WordNet

Beck noun
Definitions
  1. See Beak. Obs. Spenser.
Beck noun
Etymology
OE. bek, AS. becc; akin to Icel. bekkr brook, OHG. pah, G. bach.
Definitions
  1. A small brook.
    The brooks, the becks, the rills. Drayton.
Beck noun
Definitions
  1. A vat. See Back.
Beck intransitive verb
Etymology
Contr. of beckon.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Becked ; present participle & verbal noun Becking
Definitions
  1. To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. Archaic Drayton.
Beck transitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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. Shak.
Beck noun
Definitions
  1. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
    They have troops of soldiers at their beck. Shak.

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