Beck
noun
A signal or nod to someone to come closer or do something.
At the lady's beck, the waiter came over to take her order.
Often appears as...
- at someone's beck and call
- beck and nod
noun
A small stream.
Children were playing by the edge of the beck.
noun
A signal or nod to someone to come closer or do something.
At the lady's beck, the waiter came over to take her order.
Often appears as...
- at someone's beck and call
- beck and nod
noun
A small stream.
Children were playing by the edge of the beck.
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Command
Often implies a subtle way of giving a command without verbal instructions.
The manager gave a quick beck, and the staff hurriedly gathered around.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Sign
Indicates the authority of the person giving the beck, typically used by those in power.
At the queen's beck, the court fell silent.
Pro Tip 3/3Prompt Action
Expresses the expectation for immediate action or attention from someone.
She dismissed me with a beck of her hand when finished.
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Command
Often implies a subtle way of giving a command without verbal instructions.
The manager gave a quick beck, and the staff hurriedly gathered around.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Sign
Indicates the authority of the person giving the beck, typically used by those in power.
At the queen's beck, the court fell silent.
Pro Tip 3/3Prompt Action
Expresses the expectation for immediate action or attention from someone.
She dismissed me with a beck of her hand when finished.
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Command
Often implies a subtle way of giving a command without verbal instructions.
The manager gave a quick beck, and the staff hurriedly gathered around.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Sign
Indicates the authority of the person giving the beck, typically used by those in power.
At the queen's beck, the court fell silent.
Pro Tip 3/3Prompt Action
Expresses the expectation for immediate action or attention from someone.
She dismissed me with a beck of her hand when finished.
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Robin Chase: Getting...
Not only do I have a fleet of cars available to me in seven cities around the world that I can have at my beck and call, but heaven forbid I would ever maintain or deal with the repair or have anything to do with it.
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How to Photograph the...
love to do definitely a good counterbalance to the fast-paced life that i live we are in gooseberry mesa utah to capture some nighttime astrophotography with a new friend bob back to freshy bob beck knows just about everything
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Robin Chase: Getting...
Not only do I have a fleet of cars available to me in seven cities around the world that I can have at my beck and call, but heaven forbid I would ever maintain or deal with the repair or have anything to do with it.
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Paul Dini
American Writer
We had established Harley Quinn as an accomplice to the Joker who was also crushing on him and found herself in the middle of this weird relationship being at the beck and call of his every whim. We wanted to stretch her and make her a stronger character, so to have her leave him and go off on her own was a story I wanted to tell for a while.
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Ray Liotta
American Actor
I talk to my friends and, you know, they all seem to get relationships that aren't right. You kind of want someone who is not at your beck and call but loves the idea of being in a relationship and what that entails.
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Jeremy Paxman
British Journalist
At work people are expected to be at the beck and call of employers all the time. You have blackberries and other things, and they just don't leave you alone. People have less time just to drop into an art gallery.
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David Newman
American Composer
I'll probably always write film scores. It's the one place where a composer has almost unlimited resources at his beck and call. When music you have written works well in a film, nothing can beat it.
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Gregory Stock
American Scientist
We should be happy. We should be enjoying that there is all this bounty. Somebody can take an iPod and have all the world's music at their beck and call in an instant. What an amazing thing!
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Sammy Hagar
American Musician
The reason I didn't fly over from Maui at their beck and call is my wife was about to have a baby at any time. Those guys knew that. These guys would not compromise and meet me halfway.
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Michael McDonald
Beck is obviously a consummate musician. He plays instruments, many instruments. He can make his own record without having a fleet of computer operators onboard.
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Sheryl Crow
American Musician
Beck said he didn't believe in the theory of a song coming through you as if you were an open vessel. I agree with him to a certain extent.
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Anthony Hecht
American Poet
There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes his mental library.
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Arun Jaitley
Indian Politician
The Gandhi family is a pampered lot. They have only dealt with people at their beck and call.
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Paul Dini
American Writer
We had established Harley Quinn as an accomplice to the Joker who was also crushing on him and found herself in the middle of this weird relationship being at the beck and call of his every whim. We wanted to stretch her and make her a stronger character, so to have her leave him and go off on her own was a story I wanted to tell for a while.
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Ray Liotta
American Actor
I talk to my friends and, you know, they all seem to get relationships that aren't right. You kind of want someone who is not at your beck and call but loves the idea of being in a relationship and what that entails.
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Jeremy Paxman
British Journalist
At work people are expected to be at the beck and call of employers all the time. You have blackberries and other things, and they just don't leave you alone. People have less time just to drop into an art gallery.
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David Newman
American Composer
I'll probably always write film scores. It's the one place where a composer has almost unlimited resources at his beck and call. When music you have written works well in a film, nothing can beat it.
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Gregory Stock
American Scientist
We should be happy. We should be enjoying that there is all this bounty. Somebody can take an iPod and have all the world's music at their beck and call in an instant. What an amazing thing!
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Sammy Hagar
American Musician
The reason I didn't fly over from Maui at their beck and call is my wife was about to have a baby at any time. Those guys knew that. These guys would not compromise and meet me halfway.
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Michael McDonald
Beck is obviously a consummate musician. He plays instruments, many instruments. He can make his own record without having a fleet of computer operators onboard.
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Sheryl Crow
American Musician
Beck said he didn't believe in the theory of a song coming through you as if you were an open vessel. I agree with him to a certain extent.
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Anthony Hecht
American Poet
There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes his mental library.
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Arun Jaitley
Indian Politician
The Gandhi family is a pampered lot. They have only dealt with people at their beck and call.
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