- 1 the hard pointed or curved outer part of a bird’s mouth synonym bill The gull held the fish in its beak. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveshort, small, large, … verb + beakopen, close See full entry See related entries: Parts of animals
- 2(humorous) a person’s nose, especially when it is large and/or pointed
- 3(old-fashioned, British English, slang) a person in a position of authority, especially a judge Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, of Celtic origin.sense 3 late 18th cent.: probably from criminals' slang.
Check pronunciation: beak
