Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: beak
IPA transcription: [b'ik]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: beak
    Meaning: beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
  • Synonyms: beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker
    Meaning: horny projecting mouth of a bird
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: peck, pick, beak
    Meaning: hit lightly with a picking motion
Usage examples
  • He gave a strange whistle through his long black beak.
  • He turned and walked slowly away, with his beak toward the ground.
  • Trailing one end of the wire in its beak, the Phoenix flew up into the darkness once more.
  • She was frightfully thin, and her nose, which was more hooked than a parrot's beak, shone like a danger signal.
  • But before she could decide, a little swallow flew up with the basket in its beak, and the girl was happy again.
  • His mate was pleased to take it; and he carried her one morsel after another until she refused to open her beak for more.
  • One spring morning a little yellow bird flew into the cedar grove, and gave the dwarf a letter which it held in its beak.
  • However, he was determined not to let this bird fly away; so he took up some water in the palm of his hand and held it to its beak.
  • The birds hold them at all sorts of angles in their beak, and fly away with them, shrieking and screaming, pursued by their fellows.
  • The eel twists, and refuses to be swallowed; so the bird has to reduce its liveliness by rolling up and down in its sharp-edged beak.