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beck (bek)

noun

a gesture of the hand, head, etc., meant to summon

Etymology: < beckon

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Archaic to summon by a beck; beckon
beck Idioms

at the beck and call of

at the service of; obedient to the wishes of
beck2 definition

beck (bek)

noun

Chiefly Brit., Dialectal a little stream, esp. one with a rocky bottom

Etymology: ME bek < ON bekkr, a brook < IE base *bhog-, flowing water > Ger bach, MIr bual, E dial. bache

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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