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 Definitions of beck  [ɛk]  

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Definition of 'beck' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) beck
a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone.

2.  beck
Chiefly Scot. a bow or curtsy of greeting.

3.  beck
at someone's beck and call, subject to someone's every wish.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME becc < ON bekkr; akin to OE bece, OS beki, OHG bah)

Definition of 'beck' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) beck
a beckoning gesture


Definition of 'beck' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) beck
see Beak

2. (noun) beck
a small brook

3. (noun) beck
a vat. See Back

4. (noun) beck
a significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command

5. (verb) beck
to nod, or make a sign with the head or hand

6. (verb) beck
to notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to


Translation of 'beck' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: always ready to carry out someone's wishes
He has servants at his beck and call.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: tot sy beskikking Arabic flag Arabic: رَهْنَ إشارَتِهِ، عَلى اس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: изцяло подчинен на
Brazilian flag Brazilian: à disposição Czech flag Czech: k službám, na pokyn German flag German: auf den leisesten Wink ge
Danish flag Danish: stå på pinde for; hoppe o Greek flag Greek: είμαι πάντα έτοιμος να πρ Spanish flag Spanish: a disposición de
Estonian flag Estonian: ees ja taga Farsi flag Farsi: در اختیار؛ مطیع Finnish flag Finnish: palvelualtis
French flag French: au doigt età l'oeil Hebrew flag Hebrew: מוּכָן וּמזוּמָן לִפקוּדָ Hindi flag Hindi: तत्पर
Croatian flag Croatian: kud ja okom, tud ja skoko Hungarian flag Hungarian: vkinek mindig rendelkezés Indonesian flag Indonesian: patuh, siap sedia
Icelandic flag Icelandic: alltaf til taks, að hlÿða Italian flag Italian: agli ordini di qualcuno Japanese flag Japanese: 人の言うなりになって
Korean flag Korean: 남을 마음대로 부리다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: laukiantis tik mostelėjim Latvian flag Latvian: būt pilnīgi kāda rīcībā
Malay flag Malay: dibawa telunjuk Dutch flag Dutch: wenk Norwegian flag Norwegian: vink; lystre det minste v
Polish flag Polish: na skinienie Persian flag Persian: در اختیار؛ مطیع Pashto flag Pashto: مطيع او تابعدار
Portuguese flag Portuguese: à disposição Romanian flag Romanian: la cheremul cuiva Russian flag Russian: (быть) на побегушках
Slovak flag Slovak: k službám Slovenian flag Slovenian: na voljo Serbian flag Serbian: na raspolaganju
Swedish flag Swedish: vink, nick, lyda ngns min Thai flag Thai: พร้อมให้บริการ Turkish flag Turkish: emre amade/hazır
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 唯命是從 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: напоготові, напохваті Urdu flag Urdu: کے حکم کے ماتحت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ngoan ngoãn phục tùng ai Chinese flag Chinese: 唯某人之命是从

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