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BECK

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Dictionary entry overview: What does beck mean?

• BECK (noun)
The noun BECK has 1 sense:

1. a beckoning gesture

Familiarity information: BECK used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BECK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A beckoning gesture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("beck" is a kind of...):

gesture; motion (the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals)

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