beak
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- noun
- /biːk/
- UK
:
nariz
- Well, what a beak on that one, wouldn't you say, Cecil?
Examples
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His nose, once aquiline, was a beak, and his high noble forehead had extended itself clear over the top of his head.
Fiction book (1994) -
His face matched his body; hawklike, eyes sunken and ringed with putty-like flesh, nose a bit of a beak.
Fiction book (1990) -
Do you mind getting your beak out of that thing?
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What, you got beak trouble, Charlie?
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Should have kept your beak shut.
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Button your beak, will ya?
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His nose is a beak with large nostrils; he has the look of a very ancient Arawak.
Fiction book (1996) -
Yet he was handsome, as many eager ladies had noted, with a beak of a nose over a gray mustache and a trimmed and pointed beard.
Fiction book (1999) -
Charlie has such a prominent beak that it's hard to miss him in a crowd.
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Everyone at the party commented on how large her beak made her look.
Synonyms
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A casual, funny word for a person's nose
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A human nose that is often large or noticeable
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A large, noticeable nose people call jokingly
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A person's nose that is large or easy to see
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A large nose that is easy to notice
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A person's nose
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An informal word for a large or noticeable nose
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A big noticeable nose or head
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A nose curved downward like a hawk's beak
Compounds
- New Zealand
An evergreen shrub from New Zealand with claw-shaped red to white flowers
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Etymology
Beak A helpful way to remember the informal use of beak for a nose is this: it comes from Old French bec meaning 'point', so a large or sharp nose was compared to a bird's pointed mouth and nicknamed a beak.