Definitions
hit lightly with a picking motion
Word origin
From Middle English bec, borrowed from Anglo-Norman bec, Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish *bekkos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (“beak, snout”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bak-, *baḱ- (“pointed stick, peg”). Cognate with Breton beg (“beak”). Compare Saterland Frisian Bäk (“mouth; muzzle; beak”); Dutch bek (“beak; bill; neb”).
Used in a sentence
“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”
“Holonyms: bow, stem, forestem, prow, prore < ship < vessel”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Bird's mouth”4 letters
02“Bird bill”4 letters
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