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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| beck1 |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b k |
| NOUN: | A gesture of beckoning or summons. |
| IDIOM: | at (someone's) beck and call Ready to comply with any wish or command. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English bek, from bekken, to beckon, alteration of bekenen. See beckon. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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