Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To signal or summon, as by nodding or waving.
- intransitive verb To attract because of an inviting or enticing appearance.
- intransitive verb To make a signaling or summoning gesture.
- intransitive verb To be inviting or enticing.
- noun A gesture of summons.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make a significant gesture with the head or hand, intended as a hint or an intimation, especially of a desire for approach or departure, or for silence.
- To make a significant sign to; summon or direct by making signs.
- noun A significant gesture: as, “at the first beckon,” Boling-broke, Parties.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.
- noun A sign made without words; a beck.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
wave and/or tonod tosomebody with theintention tomake theperson come closer . - noun A
sign made without words; abeck .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb signal with the hands or nod
- verb summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
- verb appear inviting
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Tibetan scarves that dance and beckon from the tables of street vendors are orange.
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The Tibetan scarves that dance and beckon from the tables of street vendors are orange.
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These beckon from the autumn window seat of our childhood, and outside a cheerful cataract and swift descending stream froths between large, round rocks calling.
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We all know that one won't disappear into the frozen landscape of her faraway Arctic state — not when book deals, party leadership and media stardom beckon from the Lower 48.
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The signs in English beckon upscale customers to collections of carpets, clothes and jewelry sold by candidates for the chamber of commerce.
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But regardless of that fact, these are the PS3 exclusives whose siren calls beckon me to my doom:
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But regardless of that fact, these are the PS3 exclusives whose siren calls beckon me to my doom:
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But regardless of that fact, these are the PS3 exclusives whose siren calls beckon me to my doom:
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These little companies sat upon the ground, not advancing towards us, but inviting us to them, by a kind of beckon, moving one hand towards the breast.
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100001016886860 commented on the word beckon
to motion or call someone/ the teacher beckoned the student to her desk (Newbury House Dictionary)
September 25, 2010