bock

See also: Bock and воск

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɒk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɔk/, /bɑk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒk
• Homophones: balk, bok

Etymology 1

From German Bockbier.

Noun

bock (countable and uncountable, plural bocks)

1. A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.

   Synonym: bock beer

Etymology 2

Interjection

bock

1. 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)

1. Alternative form of bok (“make the sound of a chicken”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Irish bac (“to hinder”).

Verb

bock

1. (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, volume 17, number 1/2, An Cumann Le Béaloideas Eireann/Folklore of lreland Society, page 264

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔk/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

bock m (plural bocks)

1. a beer glass having the capacity of approximately a quarter of a litre
2. the content of such a beer glass

Related terms

• sous-bock

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)

1. buck, male (of animals)
2. gelding

Derived terms

• bock goayr (“billygoat”)

Mutation

Mutation of bock

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bock	vock	mock

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

bock

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

From Old Swedish bukker, bokker, from Old Norse bokkr, bukkr, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz‚ from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ-nó-.

Noun

bock c

1. a buck; the male of goat and deer
2. 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

3. a sawhorse
4. a mount for a (roller) bearing
5. a bend or fold of sheet metal
6. a tool to bend or fold sheet metal
7. leapfrog is called hoppa bock
8. a gymnastics tool for leapfrogging

Declension

Declension of bock

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bock	bocks
	definite	bocken	bockens
plural	indefinite	bockar	bockars
	definite	bockarna	bockarnas

Related terms

• blindbock
• bläsbock
• bocka
• bocka av
• ekbock
• färnbock
• gaffelbock
• gemsbock
• getabock
• gåbock
• halmbock
• hoppa bock
• hoppbock
• horbock
• husbock
• julbock
• kuskbock
• lagerbock
• råbock
• springbock
• stenbock
• stoppbock
• syndabock
• sågbock
• tallbock
• träbock
• vedbock

References

• bock in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bock in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bock in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)