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bek | ⇆ beak; ⇆ bill; ⇆ jaws; ⇆ jet; ⇆ mouth; ⇆ mug; ⇆ muzzle; ⇆ neb; ⇆ pit; ⇆ rostrum |
hard in die bek | ⇆ rebellious |
’n gegewe perd moet ’n mens nie in die bek kyk nie | ⇆ one must not look a gift horse in the mouth |
babbelbek | ⇆ chatterbox; ⇆ talkative person |
baberbek | ⇆ <person with large mouth> |
bek‐en‐klouseer | ⇆ foot‐and‐mouth disease |
bekfluitjie | ⇆ mouth organ |
bekprater | ⇆ boaster; ⇆ braggart |
beksak | ⇆ nosebag |
bekstuk | ⇆ noseband |
bobbejaanbek | ⇆ monkey‐spanner; ⇆ monkey‐wrench |
brulbek | ⇆ cry‐baby |
dikbek | ⇆ pouter |
dubbelbeksleutel | ⇆ double‐ended spanner |
duiwelsbek | ⇆ monkey‐spanner; ⇆ monkey‐wrench |
eendbekdier | ⇆ platypus |
gansbek | ⇆ goose‐bill |
geelbek | ⇆ Cape salmon; ⇆ half‐caste; ⇆ snuff‐and‐butter; ⇆ yellow‐bill |
geelbekbosduif | ⇆ Rameron pigeon; ⇆ African olive pigeon |
gulbek | ⇆ glutton |
haasbek | ⇆ harelip; ⇆ with a tooth missing |
horingbekvoël | ⇆ hornbill |
hou‐jou‐bek‐wet | ⇆ gag‐law |
kekkelbek | ⇆ cackler; ⇆ chatterbox; ⇆ flibbertigibbet |
klikbek | ⇆ telltale; ⇆ blabber |
kortbekseekoet | ⇆ Brünnich’s guillemot; ⇆ thick‐billed murre |
kraaibek | ⇆ crocodile‐jaw |
kruisbek | ⇆ crossbill |
lagbek | ⇆ giglet |
langbekvoël | ⇆ long‐bill |
lekkerbek | ⇆ colt’s‐tooth; ⇆ epicure; ⇆ free liver; ⇆ gastronome; ⇆ gastronomist; ⇆ gourmand; ⇆ sweet tooth |
losbek | ⇆ enfant terrible |
melkbek | ⇆ white muzzle |
mynbek | ⇆ pithead |
ooievaarsbek | ⇆ crane’s‐bill |
papegaaibek | ⇆ hawk‐bill |
raasbek | ⇆ rowdy; ⇆ screamer |
rooibekneushoringvoël | ⇆ red‐billed hornbill |
saagbek | ⇆ goosander; ⇆ sawbill |
skeefbek | ⇆ wrymouth |
skeerbekmuis | ⇆ shrew; ⇆ shrew‐mouse; ⇆ sorex |
skêrbek | ⇆ scissor‐bill; ⇆ shearbill |
skewebek | ⇆ grimace |
skinderbek | ⇆ detractress; ⇆ gossiper; ⇆ gobemouche; ⇆ gossip‐monger; ⇆ pedlar of gossip; ⇆ quidnunc; ⇆ rumour‐monger; ⇆ scandalmonger; ⇆ slanderer |
skreeubek | ⇆ brat; ⇆ cry‐baby |
skuimbek | ⇆ foam at the mouth |
snaterbek | ⇆ chatterbox |
spitsbekmuis | ⇆ shrew; ⇆ shrew‐mouse; ⇆ sorex |
swartbekboontjie | ⇆ cowpea |
tonnelbek | ⇆ tunnel‐pit; ⇆ tunnel‐shaft |
vloekbek | ⇆ curser; ⇆ swearer |
voëlbekdier | ⇆ duckbill |
volbek | ⇆ full‐mouthed; ⇆ full‐toothed |
vuilbekkig | ⇆ foul‐mouthed; ⇆ foul‐spoken; ⇆ foul‐tongued |