beck

noun

ˈbek How to pronounce beck (audio)
Definition of becknext
British
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 She’s paid to be at Souria’s beck and call every moment of the day and often gets awakened at strange times in the night for errands, like going out to buy every item on a fast-food restaurant’s menu and bring it back for a midnight feast. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2026 People can be doing their daily activities and have AI continually at their beck and call as a mental health advisor while wearing ordinary earbuds or headphones. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2026 As with the removal of the ICEBlock app from Apple’s App Store, Silicon Valley is at the beck and call of Washington, DC. — 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 See All Example Sentences for beck
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  1. brook
  2. creek
Noun
  • The surrounding 23 acres the estate sits on are full of trails ripe for exploring, too, and take visitors past historic stone walls, cemeteries, and babbling brooks.
    — Blair West, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026
  • French doors open onto simple gardens and wildflower meadows that slope toward a picturesque brook.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of brook
Noun
  • As rain falls on the dry, arid slopes in the region, large volumes of water can quickly flow into creeks and waterways.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Nearly all footbridges were destroyed, eliminating hiker access to the creek.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of creek

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“Beck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beck. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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