Definitions and meaning of bock
bock
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bɒk/
- (US) IPA(key): /bɔk/, /bɑk/
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- Rhymes: -ɒk
- Homophones: balk, bok
Etymology 1
From German Bockbier.
Noun
bock (countable and uncountable, plural bocks)
- A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.
- Synonym: bock beer
Etymology 2
Interjection
bock
- Alternative form of bok (“sound of a chicken”).
Verb
bock (third-person singular simple present bocks, present participle bocking, simple past and past participle bocked)
- Alternative form of bok (“make the sound of a chicken”).
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Irish bac (“to hinder”).
Verb
bock
- (Ireland) to hinder, stop
- A NORTH-COUNTY DUBLIN GLOSSARY:
- Bock that.
References
- J. J. Hogan and Patrick C. O'Neill (1947) “A NORTH-COUNTY DUBLIN GLOSSARY”, in Béaloideas[1], volume 17, number 1/2, An Cumann Le Béaloideas Eireann/Folklore of lreland Society, page 264
French
Pronunciation
Noun
bock m (plural bocks)
- a beer glass having the capacity of approximately a quarter of a litre
- the content of such a beer glass
Related terms
Further reading
- “bock”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish boc, poc, pocc (“he-goat”) (compare Irish boc).
Noun
bock m (genitive singular bock, plural buick)
- buck, male (of animals)
- gelding
Derived terms
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 boc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “poc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish bukker, bokker, from Old Norse bokkr, bukkr, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz‚ from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵno-, *bʰukkos, *bʰugkó-.
Noun
bock c
- a buck; the male of goat and deer
- the tick mark (✓), often marking something as incorrect in Sweden, but otherwise normally used to mark something as correct
- Antonym: (about "correct" vs. "incorrect") kryss
- a sawhorse
- a mount for a (roller) bearing
- a bend or fold of sheet metal
- a tool to bend or fold sheet metal
- leapfrog is called hoppa bock
- a gymnastics tool for leapfrogging
Declension
Related terms
References
- bock in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bock in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bock in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Source: wiktionary.org