beck
1a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone.
Chiefly Scot. a bow or curtsy of greeting.
Archaic. beckon.
Idioms about beck
at someone's beck and call, ready to do someone's bidding; subject to someone's slightest wish: He has three servants at his beck and call.
Origin of beck
1Words Nearby beck
Other definitions for beck (2 of 4)
a brook, especially a swiftly running stream with steep banks.
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2Other definitions for beck (3 of 4)
to form (a billet or the like) into a tire or hoop by rolling or hammering on a mandrel or anvil.
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3Other definitions for Beck (4 of 4)
Dave, 1894–1993, U.S. labor leader: president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1952–57.
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How to use beck in a sentence
By Ana Marie Cox Just in time for Christmas, Glenn beck goes for hipster-chic as a conservative fashion statement.
Seven Must-Read Stories About North Korea, Police Deaths and Glenn Beck | The Daily Beast | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTbeck is a close student of history and propaganda, and especially the history of propaganda.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really. | Ana Marie Cox | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJust in time for Christmas, Glenn beck goes for hipster-chic as a conservative fashion statement.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really. | Ana Marie Cox | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTbeck is in the same position as any post-industrial capitalist entrepreneur.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really. | Ana Marie Cox | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat often is forgotten—and what beck could probably stand to remember—is that the massacre was, technically, a firefight.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really. | Ana Marie Cox | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Even Chet Belding, who was always at her beck and call, was terribly busy these days.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonLove has come rushing to the beck of a tip-tilted chin, or the tone of a voice, or the droop of an eyelid.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerWhich being done I took leave and supped at my father's, where was my cozen beck come lately out of the country.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysMany men were at his beck throughout that winter, and when the spring-tide came called he a muster and gat him many more.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri SturlusonThere was a patient, sweet-smiling woman in nurse's costume who came and went to the beck and call of every man of us.
Private Peat | Harold R. Peat
British Dictionary definitions for beck (1 of 2)
/ (bɛk) /
a nod, wave, or other gesture or signal
at someone's beck and call ready to obey someone's orders instantly; subject to someone's slightest whim
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1British Dictionary definitions for beck (2 of 2)
/ (bɛk) /
(in N England) a stream, esp a swiftly flowing one
Origin of beck
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with beck
see at someone's beck and call.
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