beak

Definitions

1. A justice of the peace; a magistrate.
   British, slang
2. A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.
   countable, uncountable
3. A schoolmaster (originally, at Eton).
   slang
4. A similar pointed structure forming the nose and mouth of various animals, such as turtles, platypuses, whales, etc.
   countable, uncountable
5. The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
   countable, uncountable
6. The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
   countable, uncountable
7. The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
   countable, uncountable
8. Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
   countable, uncountable
9. Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land.
   broadly, countable, uncountable
10. A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
    broadly, countable, uncountable
11. A toe clip.
    broadly, countable, uncountable
12. That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
    broadly, countable, uncountable
13. A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy.
    broadly, countable, uncountable
14. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads.
    broadly, countable, uncountable
15. A person's nose, especially one that is large and pointed.
    countable, slang, uncountable
16. A person's mouth.
    countable, slang, uncountable
17. Cocaine.
    Southern-England, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

62 more languages

العربيةالمنقارمنقار

Azərbaycan dilidimdik

Беларускаядзюба

Българскиклюнчовка

বাংলাঠোঁট

BosanskiBečkljunpicotukazobкљун+ 3 more

Catalàbec

Češtinapyskzobzobák

Cymraeggylfinpig

Dansknæb

Ελληνικάέμβολοράμφος

Esperantobeko

Eestinokk

Euskaramoko

فارسیکلبمنقارنوک

Suominokka

Gaeilgegob

Gàidhliggob

Galegobicopeteiro

ગુજરાતીચાંચતુંડ

עבריתחרטוםמקור

हिन्दीचोंचटोंटीथूथन

HrvatskiBečkljunpicotukazobкљун+ 3 more

Magyarcsór

Հայերենկտուց

Bahasa Indonesiacotokcucukparuh

Íslenskagoggurnef

Italianobeccoranfotecarostro

日本語喙嘴觜

ქართულინისკარტი

Қазақ тілітұмсық

ភាសាខ្មែរចំពុះ

한국어부리주둥이

KurdîBekoçuke

Кыргызчатумшук

Latinabeccuscornumrostrum

LëtzebuergeschSchniewel

Lietuviųsnapas

Latviešuknābis

Te Reo Māoringutu

Македонскиклун

Монголхошуу

मराठीचोच

Maltimunqar

မြန်မာနှုတ်သီး

Nederlandsbeksnavel

Polskidziób

Portuguêsbico

Românăcioc

Русскийклюв

Ikinyarwandaumunwa

Slovenščinakljun

Shqipçukësqep

СрпскиBečkljunpicotukazobкљун+ 3 more

Svenskanäbb

Kiswahilimdomo

Тоҷикӣнул

ไทยจะงอย

Tagalogtuka

Türkçegaga

Українськадзьоб

Tiếng Việtmợ

Examples

“At the townes end⟳, Cuddenbeak, an ancient house of the Bishops, from a well aduanced Promontory, which intituled it Beak”

“Holonyms: bow, stem, forestem, prow, prore < ship < vessel”

“"You mind⟳ your own⟳ business, curse you!" growled Silas. "I've told you before now not to push⟳ that long, sheeny beak of yours into my affairs. If you was a man I'd know⟳ better how to speak⟳ to you."”

“Shut⟳ your beak!”

“'Did you think⟳ that bloody question⟳ up by yourself, pal?' Seánie snapped, and the guy opened and closed his beak a few times — I suppose⟳ he must have⟳ been surprised that a priest would talk⟳ like⟳ that.”

“Typical Yankee detractor, nize your beak.”

“I just stay⟳ in bed till about 2pm. Then I sit⟳ around and smoke⟳ weed. Sometimes we do beak [cocaine] or garys [ecstasy or MDMA] but I don't do that on the street because your jaw swings like⟳ fuck and you would need⟳ a good kip half the time. I do it every weekend though and it's fucking great. I'm being good tonight. I'll have⟳ a Bud and a smoke⟳.”

“They take⟳ up men, Dick, for going about in women's clothes, and vice versaw, I suppose⟳. You'll bail me, old fellaa, if I have⟳ to make⟳ my bow to the beak, won't you?”

“Harry looked rather bulky, you know⟳, Tom, and the slop (policeman) says, 'Hallo, what you got here?' and by [blank] he took us both before the beak.”

“Thus does history repeat⟳ itself, and that foolish beak, with Tom Linden before him, was but Felix judging Paul.”

“That an unnamed 22-year-old will be up before the Colchester beak in March⟳ under the Road Traffic Act's recherché section 3 – covering inconsiderate driving and with a maximum fine of £5,000 – may at first sight seem a facetious use⟳ of court resources.”

“In 1854, ill health forced Henry [Fielding] to stop⟳ running the organisation that later became the Bow Street Runners, London's first professional police force⟳, and John [Fielding] took over. This despite having lost his sight in a naval accident at the age of 19. He was known as the Blind Beak, and was said to be able to recognise⟳ as many as 3,000 criminals by their voices alone.”

“It’s easy enough to be a beak when you’re young and athletic, and can offer⟳ the latest University smattering. The difficulty is to keep⟳ your place⟳ when you get⟳ old and stiff, and younger smatterers are pushing up behind you. Crawl into a boarding-house and you’re safe. A master’s life is frightfully tragic.”

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