🇬🇧 Beak meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

“Beak” can be a funny way to talk about a very big or pointy nose. When someone has a beak, it means their nose sticks out or is shaped a bit like a bird’s beak. People usually use this word in a silly or joking way, not in a mean way.

At the costume party, I didn’t need a bird mask; everyone said my beak was realistic enough.

Mom says not to stick my beak into arguments, but it’s so long it sometimes gets there first.

Dad jokes that my beak arrives at school five minutes before the rest of me.

At hide-and-seek, I was easy to find because my beak was still sticking out from behind the couch.

Some people jokingly call a big nose a “beak” because it sticks out like a bird’s beak, but real bird beaks are actually made of keratin—the same stuff as your fingernails!

On the bus, Jonah's beak stuck out under his hat like a bird's beak. A sparrow eyed his beak, hopped on his knee, and poked it with its own sharp beak. Jonah sneezed; his beak tipped a cup. He laughed, covered his beak with a napkin, and offered the bird a crumb.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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