beckon

beck·on

Use beckon in a sentence

A woman beckoning with her finger.

noun

The definition of beckon is the gesture used to call someone over.
The wave a mother gives her child to come over to her is an example of a beckon.

verb

The meaning of beckon is to call over silently or with a gesture.
1. An example of beckon is the ocean calling to a surfer.
2. Motioning with a nod for a friend to join you is an example of to beckon.

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beckon

to call or summon by a silent gesture
to seem enticing (to); attract; lure: the woods beckon

Origin of beckon

Middle English beknen from Old English beacnian, becnian; akin to Old Saxon boknian, Old High German bouhnen from Germanic an unverified form bauhnan from an unverified form baukna, beacon

a summoning gesture

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beckon

verb

beck·oned, beck·on·ing, beck·ons

verb

transitive

To signal or summon, as by nodding or waving.
To attract because of an inviting or enticing appearance: “a lovely, sunny country that seemed to beckon them on to the Emerald City” ( L. Frank Baum )

verb

intransitive

To make a signaling or summoning gesture.
To be inviting or enticing.

noun

A gesture of summons.

Origin of beckon

Middle English bekenen from Old English bīecnan, bēcnan ; see bhā-¹ in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

beck′on·er
noun

beck′on·ing·ly
adverb

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