beck (redirected from at (someone's) beck and call)

beck ¹  (bk)

n.

A gesture of beckoning or summons.

Idiom:

at (someone's) beck and call

Ready to comply with any wish or command.

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[Middle English bek, from bekken, to beckon, alteration of bekenen; see beckon.]

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beck ²  (bk)

n. Chiefly British

A small brook; a creek.

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[Middle English, from Old Norse bekkr; see bheg^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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beck¹

n

1. a nod, wave, or other gesture or signal

at (someone's) beck and call ready to obey (someone's) orders instantly; subject to (someone's) slightest whim

[short for becnen to beckon]

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beck²

n

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (in N England) a stream, esp a swiftly flowing one

[Old English becc, from Old Norse bekkr; related to Old English bece, Old Saxon beki, Old High German bah brook, Sanskrit bhanga wave]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

beck - a beckoning gesture motion, gesture - the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

Translations

beck¹ [bek] N to be at the beck and call of → estar siempre a disposición de

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beck² [bek] N (N Engl) → arroyo m, riachuelo m

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beck [ˈbɛk] n
to be at sb's beck and call (= doing their bidding) → être à l'entière disposition de qn
I'm sick of being at his beck and call
BUT J'en ai marre d'être constamment à sa botte.

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beck

n to be (completely) at somebody’s beck and call → jdm voll und ganz zur Verfügung stehen; I’m not at your beck and call → du kannst doch nicht so einfach über mich verfügen; his wife is completely at his beck and call → seine Frau muss nach seiner Pfeife tanzen; to have somebody at one’s beck and call → jdn zur ständigen Verfügung haben, ganz über jdn verfügen können

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beck [bɛk] n to be at sb's beck and call → dover essere a completa disposizione di qn

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beck [bɛk] n to be at sb's beck and call → dover essere a completa disposizione di qn

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beck [bek]

always ready to carry out someone's wishes He has servants at his beck and call. tot sy beskikking رَهْنَ إشارَتِهِ، عَلى اسْتِعْداد دائِم изцяло подчинен на k službám, na pokyn stå på pinde for; hoppe og springe for auf den leisesten Wink gehorchen είμαι πάντα έτοιμος να πραγματοποιήσω τις επιθυμίες κάποιου a disposición de ees ja taga در اختیار؛ مطیع palvelualtis au doigt et à l'oeil מוּכָן וּמזוּמָן לִפקוּדָתוֹ तत्पर kud ja okom, tud ja skokom vkinek mindig rendelkezésére áll patuh, siap sedia alltaf til taks, að hlÿða e-m agli ordini di qualcuno 人の言うなりになって 남을 마음대로 부리다 laukiantis tik mostelėjimo, tik pirštu pamojus būt pilnīgi kāda rīcībā dibawa telunjuk wenk vink; lystre det minste vink fra, stå på pinne for na skinienie à disposição la cheremul cuiva (быть) на побегушках k službám na voljo na raspolaganju vink, nick, lyda ngns minsta vink พร้อมให้บริการ emre amade/hazır 唯命是從 напоготові, напохваті کے حکم کے ماتحت ngoan ngoãn phục tùng ai 唯某人之命是从