BECK

beck

(noun) a beckoning gesture

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Proper noun

Beck

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Beck is the 328^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 93,786 individuals. Beck is most common among White (90.27%) individuals.

Etymology 1

Noun

beck (plural becks)

(Norfolk, Northern English dialect) A stream or small river.

Synonyms

• brook

• burn

• creek

• stream

Etymology 2

Noun

beck (plural becks)

A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.

Verb

beck (third-person singular simple present becks, present participle becking, simple past and past participle becked)

(archaic) To nod or motion with the head.

Etymology 3

Noun

beck (plural becks)

A vat.

Etymology 4

Noun

beck (plural becks)

Obsolete form of beak.

Source: Wiktionary

Beck, n.

Definition: See Beak. [Obs.] Spenser.

Beck, n. Etym: [OE. bek, AS. becc; akin to Icel. bekkr brook, OHG. pah, G. bach.]

Definition: A small brook. The brooks, the becks, the rills. Drayton.

Beck, n.

Definition: A vat. See Back.

Beck, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Becked (; p. pr. & vb. n. Becking.] Etym: [Contr. of beckon.]

Definition: To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. [Archaic] Drayton.

Beck, v. t.

Definition: To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to. [Archaic] When gold and silver becks me to come on. Shak.

Beck, n.

Definition: A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command. They have troops of soldiers at their beck. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition