beak

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 See also 1.6 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish beccos 'chicken beak'.

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  Rhymes: -iːk

[edit] Noun

beak (plural beaks)

1. A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming and for eating food.
2. A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus.
3. (nautical) The metal point fixed on the bows of a war galley, used as a ram.
4. (slang) A justice of the peace, magistrate, headmaster or other person of authority.

   He's up before the beak again tomorrow.

   I clapp'd my peepers full of tears, and so the old beak set me free; I began to weep, and the judge set me free.

5. (slang) The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed.

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• (rigid structure projecting from a bird's face): bill
• (human nose): See schnozzle

[edit] Translations

slang: the human nose, especially one that is long and pointed See schnozzle

[edit] Verb

to beak (third-person singular simple present beaks, present participle beaking, simple past and past participle beaked)

1. (transitive) strike with the beak.
2. (transitive) seize with the beak.

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia article on beaks

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of abek
• bake