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bock

See also: Bock, and воск

English

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Etymology

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From German Bockbier.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

Fingallian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Irish bac (“to hinder”).

Verb

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bock

  1. to hinder, stop
    • A NORTH-COUNTY DUBLIN CLOSSARY:
      Bock that.

References

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  • J. J. Hogan and Patrick C. O'Neill (1947) Béaloideas Iml. 17, Uimh 1/2, An Cumann Le Béaloideas Eireann/Folklore of lreland Society, page 264

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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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
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Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish boc, poc, pocc (“he-goat”) (compare Irish boc).

Noun

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bock m (genitive singular bock, plural buick)

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

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bock vock mock
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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bock (gymnastics equipment)

Etymology

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From Old Swedish bukker, bokker, from Old Norse bokkr, bukkr, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz‚ from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵno-, *bʰukkos, *bʰugkó-.

Noun

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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

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