[bek] 
| 1. | a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone. |
| 2. | Chiefly Scot. a bow or curtsy of greeting. |
| 3. | Archaic. beckon. |
| 4. | 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. |
[bek] | a brook, esp. a swiftly running stream with steep banks. |
[bek] | to form (a billet or the like) into a tire or hoop by rolling or hammering on a mandrel or anvil. |
[bek] | Dave, 1894–1993, U.S. labor leader: president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1952–57. |
| beck 1 (běk) n. A gesture of beckoning or summons. [Middle English bek, from bekken, to beckon, alteration of bekenen; see beckon.] |
| beck 2 (běk) n. Chiefly British A small brook; a creek. [Middle English, from Old Norse bekkr; see bhegw- in Indo-European roots.] |
