adj
Meaning 1
Beaked: having a beak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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beaky
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UK: /ˈbiːki/
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rhymes with -iːki
adj
Meaning 2
Beak-like: resembling a beak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- beaky nose
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Synonyms: beaklike, beakish
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adj
Meaning 3
Having a nose which resembles a beak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- beaky face
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adj
Meaning 4
Made using a beak; (of a sound) produced through a beak. (of a gesture)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1929, D. H. Lawrence, The Escaped Cock, published as The Man Who Died, London: Heinemann, 1931, pp. 34-35, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700631h.html And always the man who had died saw not the bird alone, but the short, sharp wave of life of which the bird was the crest. He watched the queer, beaky motion of the creature as it gobbled into itself the scraps of food; its glancing of the eye of life, ever alert and watchful [...]
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English beak Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English beaky From beak + -y.