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nounthe bill of a bird; neb. any similar horny mouthpart in other animals, as the turtle or duckbill. anything beaklike or ending in a point, as the spout of a pitcher. Slang. a person's nose. Entomology. proboscis (def. 3). Botany. a narrowed or prolonged tip. Nautical. (formerly) a metal or metal-sheathed projection from the bow of a warship, used to ram enemy vessels; ram; rostrum. Typography. a serif on the arm of a character, as of a K. Also called bird's beak. Architecture. a pendant molding forming a drip, as on the soffit of a cornice. Chiefly British Slang. - a judge; magistrate.
- a schoolmaster.
Origin of beak1175–1225; Middle English bec<Old French <Latin beccus<Gaulish OTHER WORDS FROM beakbeaked [beekt, bee-kid], /bikt, ˈbi kɪd/, adjectivebeakless, adjectivebeaklike, adjectivebeaky, adjective un·der·beak, noun Words nearby beakbeady eye, beady-eyed, beagle, Beaglehole, beagling, beak, beaked pelvis, beaked whale, beaker, beaker cell, Beaker folk Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for beakThe key part of the costume, beyond the head-to-toe fabric, was the beak. It’s Not Time to Worry About China’s Plague Just Yet|Kent Sepkowitz|July 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Duck Dynasty congressman got caught sticking his beak in the wrong place. Duck Dynasty Congressman In Sex Scandal|Ben Jacobs|April 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST I also like a bird's beak knife, for fiddly decorative things like making radish flowers and skinning apples in one long peel. The 2012 Holiday Kitchen Gift Guide|Megan McArdle|December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST The braincase of the skull is crushed in three places as though by a raptor's beak. American Weasels|E. Raymond Hall
His nose was thin and bony, with a high arch, and sharp at the end, like the beak of a bird. I placed the beak of my shield over the head and neck of my horse, while I held the upper part over my own head. King Arthur's Knights|Henry Gilbert He is a little wizened old man with a nose like a bird's beak and he wears huge thick spectacles. Servants of the Guns|Jeffery E. Jeffery Beak short, slightly compressed and rounded at the tip, though more pointed than in Anomalopteryx. Extinct Birds|Walter Rothschild
British Dictionary definitions for beak (1 of 2)
nounthe projecting jaws of a bird, covered with a horny sheath; bill any beaklike mouthpart in other animals, such as turtles slang a person's nose, esp one that is large, pointed, or hooked any projecting part, such as the pouring lip of a bucket architect the upper surface of a cornice, which slopes out to throw off water chem the part of a still or retort through which vapour passes to the condenser nautical another word for ram (def. 5) Derived forms of beakbeaked (biːkt), adjectivebeakless, adjectivebeaklike, adjectivebeaky, adjectiveWord Origin for beakC13: from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, of Gaulish origin British Dictionary definitions for beak (2 of 2)
nouna Brit slang word for judge, magistrate, headmaster, schoolmaster Word Origin for beakC19: originally thieves' jargon Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to beaksnout, muzzle, proboscis, projection, nozzle, bill, prow, nib, neb, mandible, pecker |