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beak

/biːk/noun, verb1 syllable

Beak means: informal terms for the nose.

Synonyms for beak23

noun, as in informal terms for the nose

honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz

noun, as in horny projecting mouth of a bird

bill, neb, nib, pecker

verb, as in hit lightly with a picking motion

peck, pick

also used for beak

beakhead, bob, bug out, bump off, bunk, bunk off, cut class, dip, ditch, dob

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What does beak mean?5

noun

1

informal terms for the nose

2

horny projecting mouth of a bird

3

beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)

4

a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures

verb

1

hit lightly with a picking motion

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with beak?33

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All 33 rhymes for beak, grouped by syllable

Beak in a sentence

  • Twigs in beak, the magpie flies to its old nest in the birch.Eccles17
  • Twig in beak, the diminutive bird pranced atop the thick branch.Eccles17
  • They have a bent nose, like the beak of a crow.Nudl
  • The bird picked up the twig with its beak and flew to its nest.darinmex
  • A pelican can fit a lot of fish in its beak.darinmex
  • Toucans regulate their body temperature by adjusting the flow of blood to their beak.Hybrid
  • The duck's beak is also the rabbit's ears.Hybrid
  • A pelican's beak is made that way for a reason.Amastan

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Forms of beak

as a noun

plural
beaks

as a verb

third-person singular
beaks
present participle
beaking
past participle
beaked
past tense
beaked