"bock" meaning in English

See bock in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /bɒk/ [UK], /bɔk/ [US], /bɑk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bock.wav
Rhymes: -ɒk
  1. Alternative form of bok (“sound of a chicken”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bok (extra: sound of a chicken)
    Sense id: en-bock-en-intj-GTyfDte9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /bɒk/ [UK], /bɔk/ [US], /bɑk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bock.wav Forms: bocks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒk Etymology: From German Bockbier. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Bockbier}} German Bockbier Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bock (countable and uncountable, plural bocks)
  1. A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: bock beer
    Sense id: en-bock-en-noun-EFqNdgre Categories (other): Beer Disambiguation of Beer: 0 98 0 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /bɒk/ [UK], /bɔk/ [US], /bɑk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bock.wav Forms: bocks [present, singular, third-person], bocking [participle, present], bocked [participle, past], bocked [past]
Rhymes: -ɒk Head templates: {{en-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”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bok (extra: make the sound of a chicken)
    Sense id: en-bock-en-verb-9~QhRZUn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /bɒk/ [UK], /bɔk/ [US], /bɑk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bock.wav
Rhymes: -ɒk Etymology: Borrowed from Irish bac (“to hinder”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ga|bac||to hinder}} Borrowed from Irish bac (“to hinder”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} bock
  1. (Ireland) to hinder, stop Tags: Ireland
    Sense id: en-bock-en-verb-dBIKb~jR Categories (other): Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 26 18 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 6 7 6 12 15 18 4 3 1 21 1 1 1 1 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 7 11 16 20 4 2 0 22 0 0 0 0 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.