name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Colloquial Variant guide
becket
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈbɛkɪt/
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rhymes with -ɛkɪt
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homophone: Beckett
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CMU ARPABET: B EH1 K AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 4
A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 5
A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles
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noun
Meaning 6
The clevis of a pulley block.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 7
An eye in the end of a rope.
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noun
Meaning 8
A pocket in clothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 9
A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 10
A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, dialectal, historical
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noun
Meaning 11
chough (the bird)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
- Cornish choughs, or “beckets”, as they are sometimes known, are seen on Thomas Wolsey’s coat of arms; they are a reference to his namesake, Thomas Becket.
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noun
Meaning 12
(nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: line
noun
Meaning 13
(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Thomas a Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas a Becket
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: archbishop, martyr, saint
History
Etymology
Compare Dutch bek (“beak”) beak, and English beak.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: silmukka — nautical: short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
- Finnish: lenkki — nautical: short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
- German: Schlaufe — nautical: short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
- Finnish: silmukka — nautical: loop of rope with a knot at one end
- German: Softschäkel — nautical: loop of rope with a knot at one end
- German: Tauwerk-Schäkel — nautical: loop of rope with a knot at one end
- Finnish: silmukka — nautical: clevis of a pulley block
- German: Bügel — nautical: clevis of a pulley block
- German: Gabelkopf — nautical: clevis of a pulley block
- German: U-Klammer — nautical: clevis of a pulley block
- Finnish: silmukka — eye in the end of a rope
- Finnish: lenkki — eye in the end of a rope
- Finnish: silmä — eye in the end of a rope
- German: Schlaufe — eye in the end of a rope
- German: Spleiß — eye in the end of a rope
- Finnish: silmukka — method of joining fabric