becks
/bɛks/
becks is the plural of beck.
Meaning of beck
Noun (1)
beck (plural becks)
- A stream or small river.
- […]Whence, climing to the Cleeves, her selfe she firmlie sets / The Bourns, the Brooks, the Becks, the Rills, the Rivilets[…]1612, Michael Drayton, chapter 1, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great...
Noun (2)
beck (plural becks)
- A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.
- Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them,
And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them,
Noun (3)
beck (plural becks)
- A vat.
Proper noun capitalized: Becks
Becks
- A diminutive of the female given name Rebecca.
- A nickname for the footballer David Beckham.
Forms of becks
| alternative form | Bex |
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Origin of becks
Formed with -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Phrases with becks
Questions about becks
- What does becks mean?
- Becks means a diminutive of the female given name Rebecca.
- What is becks the plural of?
- Becks is the plural of beck.
- What part of speech is becks?
- Becks is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce becks?
- Becks is pronounced /bɛks/.
Words near becks in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: becks (page history and authors); Becks (page history and authors); beck (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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