beak

(noun, verb)

noun

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

Definition categories: animal, mouth

2. horny projecting mouth of a bird

Similar word(s): bill, neb, nib

Definition categories: animal, mouth

3. a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures

Definition categories: plant, tip

4. informal terms for the nose

Similar word(s): honker, hooter, nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout

Definition categories: body, nose

Sentences with beak as a noun:

- He's up before the beak again tomorrow.

- I clapp'd my peepers full of tears, and so the old beak set me free (I began to weep, and the judge set me free)

verb

1. hit lightly with a picking motion

Similar word(s): peck, pick

Definition categories: contact, strike