All 4 Uses of
beckon
in
Catch-22
- She beckoned to him longingly, with a husky laugh.
Chpt 16 *beckoned = called (to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod)
- Colonel Cathcart was seized with such fright that he almost beckoned to Colonel Korn.
Chpt 29
- The girl smiled with contentment when she opened her eyes and saw him, and then, stretching her long legs languorously beneath the rustling sheets, beckoned him into bed beside her with that look of simpering idiocy of a woman in heat.
Chpt 33
- Yossarian drew near each beckoning, overly cautious silhouette with his hand on his gun, never knowing which hissing shadow would finally turn dishonestly into Nately's whore or, worse, into some duly constituted governmental authority sent to club him ruthlessly into insensibility.
Chpt 38beckoning = calling
Definition:
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(beckon) to call -- typically to ask or tell someone to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod of the head