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Definitions for Beck

[1] a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone.
[2] Chiefly Scot. a bow or curtsy of greeting.
[3] Archaic . beckon.
[4] 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.
[5] a brook, especially a swiftly running stream with steep banks.
[6] to form (a billet or the like) into a tire or hoop by rolling or hammering on a mandrel or anvil.
[7] Dave, 1894–1993, U.S. labor leader: president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1952–57.
[8] a nod, wave, or other gesture or signal
[9] at someone's beck and call ready to obey someone's orders instantly; subject to someone's slightest whim
[10] (in N England) a stream, esp a swiftly flowing one

Words related to Beck

tributary, estuary, stream, tide, rush, flow, spate, surge, current, flood, torrent, run, creek, brook, rivulet, course, watercourse, branch, rill, runnel

Words nearby Beck

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Origin of Beck

3v. use of beck (noun), shortening of beck-iron, variant of bick-iron

Word origin for Beck

Old English becc , from Old Norse bekkr ; related to Old English bece , Old Saxon beki , Old High German bah brook, Sanskrit bhanga wave

Synonyms for Beck

estuary, stream, tributary, branch, brook, course, creek, rill, rivulet, run, runnel, watercourse