- the projecting jaws of a bird, covered with a horny sheath; bill
- any beaklike mouthpart in other animals, such as turtles
- slang a person's nose, esp one that is large, pointed, or hooked
- any projecting part, such as the pouring lip of a bucket
- another word for ram
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
beak /bik/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Birdsthe hard, curved, horny part of a bird's mouth; bill.
- Zoologyany horny or stiff mouthpart of an animal that sticks out or is curved like a bird's.
- Slang TermsSlang. a person's nose:His beak curved out and down.
beak
(bēk),USA pronunciation n.
beaked
(bēkt, bē′kid),USA pronunciation adj.
beak′less, adj.
beak′like′, adj.
beak′y, adj.
- Birdsthe bill of a bird; neb.
- Zoologyany similar horny mouthpart in other animals, as the turtle or duckbill.
- anything beaklike or ending in a point, as the spout of a pitcher.
- Slang Termsa person's nose.
- Insects[Entomol.]proboscis (def. 3).
- Botanya narrowed or prolonged tip.
- Nautical, Naval Terms(formerly) a metal or metal-sheathed projection from the bow of a warship, used to ram enemy vessels;
ram;
rostrum. - Printing[Typography.]a serif on the arm of a character, as of a K.
- ArchitectureAlso called bird's beak. a pendant molding forming a drip, as on the soffit of a cornice.
- [Chiefly Brit. Slang.]
- British Termsa judge;
magistrate. - British Termsa schoolmaster.
- British Termsa judge;
- Gaulish
- Latin beccus
- Old French
- Middle English bec 1175–1225
beak′like′, adj.
beak′y, adj.
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beak /biːk/ n
beak /biːk/ n
- a Brit slang word for judge, magistrate, headmaster, schoolmaster
'beak' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aquiline
- bill
- bug
- carrier
- cere
- coccyx
- coracoid
- cormorant
- egg tooth
- gab
- grosbeak
- hemipterous
- kaka beak
- kiwi
- marlin
- neb
- nib
- peak
- peck
- preen
- ram
- rebec
- rictus
- rostrum
- snaffle
- stickybeak
- vibrissa
- alerion
- amakihi
- Beaker folk
- beaking joint
- becard
- bell beaker
- billed
- bird
- bird of prey
- bird's beak
- blue grosbeak
- bottle-nosed dolphin
- brevirostrate
- cardinal grosbeak
- carrier pigeon
- ceratopsian
- chinbeak
- cope
- crowbar
- cutwater
- debeak
- downcurved
- evening grosbeak