Meanings
verbdebeak (third-person singular simple present debeaks, present participle debeaking, simple past and past participle debeaked)
present singular third person debeaks · participle present debeaking · participle past debeaked · past debeaked
- transitiveTo remove part of the beak of a chicken or other bird to prevent pecking in chicken farms.
‘Why not let them out to roam and scratch and peck at insects and worms and see if they come home in the evening and peck each other? Why debeak hens for something you are doing wrong?’
2020, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, The First Woman, Oneworld Publications, page 344
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Englishbeak
- Englishdebeak
Translations
German den Schnabel stutzen, den Schnabel kupieren
- den Schnabel stutzenremove part of a beak
- den Schnabel kupierenremove part of a beak
- entschnabelnremove part of a beak
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with debeak
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Cite this entry
APA
debeak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debeak
MLA
“debeak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debeak. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debeak,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debeak.
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