beck
IPA: bˈɛk
noun
- (Norfolk, Northern English dialect) A stream or small river.
- A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.
- A vat.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States, likely named after the Beck family.
- The River Beck, or The Beck, a minor river in south-east Greater London, England, which becomes the Pool River before joining the Ravensbourne.
- Obsolete form of beak. [(anatomy)]
verb
- (archaic) To nod or motion with the head.
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Examples of "beck" in Sentences
- The beck flows through the village.
- The beck runs across the common southwards.
- The Beck is a tributary of the River Wensum.
- Beck's critics paint him as an oafish bigot.
- The ally is a beck at the south of the village.
- In the north hits the Schunter the beck of Uhrau.
- Pudsey Beck flows along the bottom of the valley.
- Medcan offers nutritional counseling by dietitian Leslie Beck.
- Swallow Beck is the name of the area in the south of Boultham Moor.
- It lies on the conversion of the Green Field Beck and the River Wharfe.
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