0 present participle of beckon
1 to move your hand or head in a way that tells someone to come nearer:
The initial tease, that beckoning finger, is genius.
The principles document calls for the individual to be an agent of change, beckoning collaboration as well as community involvement.
He'll return as the result of the ritual beckoning.
A glazed door sheds beckoning light from the kitchen.
I believe that we might readily accept that there are two visions of immunology beckoning for attention.
The theatre was certainly a constant siren beckoning the composer.
The beckoning becomes a kind of magic.
The chin was raised, the right arm lifted high, the open right hand extended in a gesture that mingled defiant self-acclamation with a commanding, beckoning wave.