Beckon \Beck"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beckoned} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beckoning}.] To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.
His distant friends, he beckons near. --Dryden.
It beckons you to go away with it. --Shak.
Beckon \Beck"on\, n. A sign made without words; a beck. ``At the first beckon.'' --Bolingbroke.
No riches beckon, but at least it'll mean a break from the sauna and exercise-bike routine he has been using to sweat off the five pounds he's had to lose to make weight after each day's matches.
You hear those ear-splitting shrieks at football games, the shrill blasts that beckon home wandering pets, the descending note of surprise, the appreciative wolf whistle.
The collection of 61 color photographs provides outsiders with a tantalizing look into these clubs, which beckon and forbid when one passes them on a country road.
"The movies that we had in the marketplace did not beckon moviegoers to theaters," Mr. Valenti said.
If not, the sirens of Wall Street will surely beckon once again.