beck

Meanings

1. A stream or small river.

1. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.

1. To nod or motion with the head.

1. A vat.

1. Obsolete form of beak.

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States, likely named after the Beck family.
3. The River Beck, or The Beck, a minor river in south-east Greater London, England, which becomes the Pool River before joining the Ravensbourne.

Etymology

From Middle English bek, bekk, becc, from Old English bæc, bec, bæċe, beċe (“beck, brook”), from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“stream”). Cognate with Old Norse bekkr (“a stream or brook”), Low German bek, beck, German Bach, Dutch beek, Swedish bäck, Doublet of batch. More at beach.