- a gesture used to signal, summon, or direct someone.
- a bow or curtsy of greeting.
- beckon.
- ready to do someone's bidding; subject to someone's slightest wish: He has three servants at his beck and call.
- a brook, especially a swiftly running stream with steep banks.
- to form (a billet or the like) into a tire or hoop by rolling or hammering on a mandrel or anvil.
- U.S. labor leader: president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1952–57.
- a nod, wave, or other gesture or signal
- ready to obey someone's orders instantly; subject to someone's slightest whim
- (in N England) a stream, esp a swiftly flowing one
