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NOUN (1)

1. a beckoning gesture;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beck \Beck\, n. See Beak. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beck \Beck\, n. [OE. bek, AS. becc; akin to Icel. bekkr brook, OHG. pah, G. bach.] A small brook. [1913 Webster] The brooks, the becks, the rills. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beck \Beck\, n. A vat. See Back. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beck \Beck\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Becked; p. pr. & vb. n. Becking.] [Contr. of beckon.] To nod, or make a sign with the head or hand. [Archaic] --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beck \Beck\, v. t. To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] When gold and silver becks me to come on. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beck \Beck\, n. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command. [1913 Webster] They have troops of soldiers at their beck. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

beck n 1: a beckoning gesture