beak off
beak off · beaks off · beaked off · beaking off
To complainTo complain.
Meaning
4 senses(slang)To complain.
(slang)To boast.
(slang)To yammer; to blab.
(slang)To be truant; to skip school.
Origin
* (complain; boast; yammer): Using beak as slang for a person's mouth.* (complain; boast; yammer): Using beak as slang for a person's mouth.
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Forms
beaks off, beaking off, beaked off, beaked off| Base form | beak off · to beak off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | beaks off |
| Present participle | beaking off |
| Past simple | beaked off |
| Past participle | beaked off |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.