name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
beck
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbɛk/
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rhymes with -ɛk
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CMU ARPABET: B EH1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States, likely named after the Beck family.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
The River Beck, or The Beck, a minor river in south-east Greater London, England, which becomes the Pool River before joining the Ravensbourne.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A stream or small river.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Norfolk, Northern-England
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noun
Meaning 5
A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.
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noun
Meaning 6
A vat.
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noun
Meaning 7
Obsolete form of beak.
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Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 8
To nod or motion with the head.
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Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 9
a beckoning gesture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gesture, motion
History
Etymology
* As a German surname, from Beck (“stream, brook”), see also Old Norse bekkr. Also a spelling variant of Becker (“baker”). * As a Hebrew surname, shortened from בני (B'nei) קדושים (Kdoshim, “sons of the martyrs”).
From Middle English bek, bekk, becc, from Old English bæc, bec, bæċe, beċe (“beck, brook”), from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“stream”). Cognate with Old Norse bekkr (“a stream or brook”), Low German bek, beck, German Bach, Dutch beek, Swedish bäck, Doublet of batch. More at beach.
From Middle English bekken, a shortened form of Middle English bekenen, from Old English bēcnan, bēacnian (“to signify; beckon”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną (“beacon”). More at beacon.
See back.
From Middle English bec, bek, from Old French bec (“beak”).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Bach — stream
- Polish: potok — stream
- Polish: strumyk — stream
- Polish: ruczaj — stream
- Spanish: arroyo — stream
- Swedish: å — stream
- Czech: kývnutí — significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command
- Czech: pokynutí — significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command
- Finnish: vinkki — significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command
- Finnish: viittaus — significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command
- Finnish: vinkkaus — significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command
- German: Wink — significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command
- Hungarian: jeladás — significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command
- Hungarian: intés — significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command
- Polish: skinienie — significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command
- Polish: zawołanie — significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command
- Russian: мановение (manovenije) — significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command