beak

  • 21beak — 1. n. a nose. □ What a beak on that guy! □ I want some glasses that sit in just the right place on my wonderful beak. 2. in. to gossip; to chatter. □ We stood round and beaked for a while …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 22beak — Clip Clip, n. 1. An embrace. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] 2. A cutting; a shearing. [1913 Webster] 3. The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season s crop of wool. [1913 Webster] 4. A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 23beak — noun Etymology: Middle English bec, from Anglo French, from Latin beccus, of Gaulish origin Date: 13th century 1. a. the bill of a bird; especially a strong short broad bill b. (1) the elongated sucking mouth of some in …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24beak — the structure formed from teeth which are fused in the form of a beak, e.g. incisiform teeth in Scaridae used to detach coral pieces as food; in puffers upper and lower jaw teeth have a median suture, hence Tetraodontidae …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 25beak — 1. The nose of pliers used in dentistry for contouring and adjusting wrought or cast metal dental appliances. 2. Sometimes used to describe a b. shaped anatomic structure. See rostrum. [L. beccus] * * * (bēk) [Fr. bec] 1. the forward… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 26Beak — This is a patronymic i.e. the son of Beake a nickname deriving from the Medieval English beke meaning the beak of a bird and given to one with a prominent or hooked nose. The surname from this source is first recorded in the latter half of the… …

    Surnames reference

  • 27beak — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ short, small ▪ large, long ▪ curved, hooked, pointed, sharp ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 28beak — Вертикальная засечка (Beak)     Односторонняя или двусторонняя засечка [короткий штрих на торце основного штриха], завершающая горизонтальные элементы и дуги таких знаков, как «a», «c», «j», «y», «F», «Е», «Т», «С», «S» и т.д. Может быть… …

    Шрифтовая терминология

  • 29beak — biːk v. peck, hit with little force in a picking motion n. neb; horny jaws of a bird; snout; any item that has the shape of a beak or ends in a point; hooked nose (Slang); person s nose (Slang); (British Slang) magistrate; school principal …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 30beak — noun a bird s beak Syn: bill, nib, mandible …

    Thesaurus of popular words

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