beck 1 (b?k)n. A gesture of beckoning or summons.Idiom: at (someone’s) beck and call Ready to comply with any wish or command.[Middle English bek, from bekken, to beckon, alteration of bekenen; see beckon.]beck 2 (b?k)n. Chiefly British A small brook; a creek.[Middle English, from Old Norse bekkr; see bhegw- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.beck (b?k) n1. a nod, wave, or other gesture or signal2. at someone’s beck and call ready to obey someone’s orders instantly; subject to someone’s slightest whim[C14: short for becnen to beckon]beck (b?k) n (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]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014beck1 (b?k) n. 1. a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone. 2. Chiefly Scot. a bow or curtsy of greeting. Idioms: at someone’s beck and call, subject to someone’s every wish. [1325?75; Middle English, short variant of becnen to beckon] beck2 (b?k) n. Brit. creek. [1250?1300; Middle English becc