English
Etymology
From OF. bec.

Pronunciation
wikipedia
audio|en-us-beak.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�k|-i�k

Noun
en-noun

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-peace, or magistrate. Also a judge or chairman who presides in court.

#: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.

1. slang The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed.

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

Translations
trans-top|structure projecting from a bird's face
Albanian: sqep m, çukë f
Basque: moko
Bosnian: kljun#Bosnian|kljun m
Catalan: bec m
Chinese: �
Croatian: kljun#Croatian|kljun m
Czech: zobák m
Danish: næb
Dutch: snavel
Esperanto: beko
Finnish: nokka
French: bec m
Frisian: snaffel
German: Schnabel m
Hindi: ���� (�o.n�)
Hungarian: cs�r
Irish: gob#Irish|gob m
Italian: becco m
Japanese: ����, �
Kurdish: KUchar|د���د�ک
Lithuanian: snapas
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Marathi: ��� (�o�)
Norwegian: nebb
Polish: dziób
Portuguese: bico m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: к��н#Serbian|к��н m
:Latin: kljun#Serbian|kljun m
Romanian: cioc f and m
Slovak: zobák#Slovak|zobák m
Slovene: kljun m
Spanish: pico m
Swedish: näbb c
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trans-top|similar structure in an octopus
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trans-top|metal point fixed on the bows of a war galley, used as a ram
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trans-top|slang: magistrate
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slang: the human nose, especially one that is long and pointed
See schnozzle

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb|beaks|beaking|beaked|beaked

1. strike with the beak.
2. seize with the beak.

See also
w:Beak|Wikipedia article on beaks

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