Thesaurus results for BEAKS

beaks

noun

plural of beak

as in mandibles

the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering the bird cracked the walnut shell with its beak and ate its nut

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as in noses

the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity the man's prominent beak gives him a somewhat aquiline appearance

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as in judges

chiefly British a public official having authority to decide questions of law received a stiff sentence from one of the harshest beaks in all of London

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Recent Examples of beaks Cormorants that tried to clean each other with their beaks died after ingesting the viscous muck. —

Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026 The Bird Buddy Smart Solar Pro Hummingbird Feeder includes bird-safe ports that protect delicate beaks and make feeding easy. —

Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026 The bright red, tubular flowers attract hummingbirds, whose long beaks and tongues perfectly suit the flower shape. —

Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026 Birds, a Gothic literature leitmotif, also reared their beaks at Bibhu Mohapatra, whose ghostly white gowns in macramé lace resembled feathers framing the jaw. —

Ari Stark, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026 Hudsonian whimbrels, to be exact, shorebirds about the size of crows with long, thin, slightly curved beaks. —

Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026 Still, Lamb said lovebirds, like other parrots, can sometimes be violent with each other, screaming and pecking one another with beaks powerful enough to crack open seeds. —

ABC News, 13 Feb. 2026 To show their enduring affection, mated pairs of vultures synchronize their flight patterns, touch their beaks together in what looks like a kiss and entwine their long necks. —

K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026 The Seattle Seahawks can finally settle a Super Bowl score with the New England Patriots, who snatched the Lombardi Trophy out of their beaks almost dozen years ago with one the most dramatic defensive stands in pro football history. —

David K. Li, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026

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But for people who suffer from allergies—which includes many women in their 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s—this season often looks less like renewal and more like discomfort, thanks to sneezing, runny noses and itchy eyes that can wreak havoc on sleep.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 14 Apr. 2026
This includes fruit flies, the fungus gnats in our potted plants, and those little gnats that like to get in our eyes and noses.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026