as in brook
a natural body of running water smaller than a river
when we were lads, we raced our toy boats in the narrow beck that bordered the lane
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Recent Examples of beck
As with the removal of the ICEBlock app from Apple’s App Store, Silicon Valley is at the beck and call of Washington, DC.
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Sarah Jeong,
The Verge,
1 Mar. 2026
Up until that point, Rosamond and Posy were always at her beck and call.
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Kennedy French,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2026
At his beck and call is The Assassin (Anthony Ramos, flexing his magnetism, particularly in a monologue about the singer Christopher Cross).
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2026
Flashover typically causes severe burns, particularly on the face, beck and upper limbs, often combined with critical inhalation injures from radiant heat and superheated gases.
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Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
2 Jan. 2026
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Sarah Jeong,
The Verge,
1 Mar. 2026
Up until that point, Rosamond and Posy were always at her beck and call.
—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2026
At his beck and call is The Assassin (Anthony Ramos, flexing his magnetism, particularly in a monologue about the singer Christopher Cross).
—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2026
Flashover typically causes severe burns, particularly on the face, beck and upper limbs, often combined with critical inhalation injures from radiant heat and superheated gases.
—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beck
Noun
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There's one spot on Richard's land where the Guadalupe slows to a babbling brook at the base of a tree.
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In addition to canceling outside noise, the headphones provide crisp audio and relaxing white-noise options, including rainy parks and babbling brooks.
Noun
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Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.
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In Hardin County, a juvenile died after a car overturned in a flooded creek, WAVE 3 News reported.
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“Beck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beck. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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