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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024beck1 /bɛk/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]Idioms- Idiomsat someone's beck and call, ready and willing to do what someone wishes:was always at the boss's beck and call.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024beck1 (bek),USA pronunciation n. - a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone.
- Idioms at someone's beck and call, ready to do someone's bidding;
subject to someone's slightest wish:He has three servants at his beck and call. - Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scot.]a bow or curtsy of greeting.
v.t., v.i. - [Archaic.]beckon.
- Middle English becken, short variant of becnen to beckon 1325–75
- British Termsa brook, esp. a swiftly running stream with steep banks.
- Indo-European *bhog-lā
- Scandinavian; compare Old Norse bekkr; akin to Old English bece, Dutch beek, German Bach brook, Middle Irish bual flowing water
- Middle English becc 1250–1300
- Metallurgyto form (a billet or the like) into a tire or hoop by rolling or hammering on a mandrel or anvil.
- verb, verbal use of beck (noun, nominal), shortening of beck-iron, variant of bick-iron
- Biographical Dave, born 1894, U.S. labor leader: president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1952–57.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: beck /bɛk/ n - a nod, wave, or other gesture or signal
- at someone's beck and call ⇒ ready to obey someone's orders instantly; subject to someone's slightest whim
Etymology: 14th Century: short for becnen to beckon beck /bɛk/ n - (in N England) a stream, esp a swiftly flowing one
Etymology: Old English becc, from Old Norse bekkr; related to Old English bece, Old Saxon beki, Old High German bah brook, Sanskrit bhanga wave |