beaky

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Beaked

   Beaked: having a beak.

   • Jim Carrey tells John Hiscock about his beaky new co-stars in 'Mr Popper's Penguins' and how he made it big.
2. 2

   Beak-like

   Beak-like: resembling a beak.

   • beaky nose
   • […] Hector thunder'd threats aloud, And rush'd enraged before the Trojan crowd; Then swift invades the ships, whose beaky prores Lay rank'd contiguous on the bending shores;
   • […] he emerged from the signals room with his drooping mustache, his beaky nose, his stupid, staring eyes […]
3. 3

   Having a nose which resembles a beak.

   • beaky face
   • "[…] You haven't a nose like mine. I'll be as beaky as Father in ten more years. […]"
   • The two men, who for more than sixty years had never been very much out of touch, were quite similar in appearance: spare of form, with beaky, weathered faces and strands of whitening hair.
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   1. 4

      Made using a beak

      Made using a beak; (of a sound) produced through a beak. (of a gesture)

      • If you put your hand on [the hens], they flattened their feathers to their bodies and their bodies down on their eggs and gave beaky growls.

The neighborhood

• synonymbeaked
• synonymrostrate
• synonymrostrated
• synonymrostellate
• neighborsneaky beaky