"brock" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɹɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɹɑk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brock.wav [Southern-England] Forms: brocks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒk Etymology: From Middle English brok, from Old English broc (“badger”), related to Danish brok (“badger”); both probably originally from a Celtic source akin to Irish broc, Welsh broch, Cornish brogh and thus ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brokkos. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|brok}} Middle English brok, {{inh|en|ang|broc|t=badger}} Old English broc (“badger”), {{cog|da|brok|t=badger}} Danish brok (“badger”), {{der|en|cel}} Celtic, {{cog|ga|broc}} Irish broc, {{cog|cy|broch}} Welsh broch, {{cog|kw|brogh}} Cornish brogh, {{der|en|cel-pro|*brokkos}} Proto-Celtic *brokkos Head templates: {{en-noun}} brock (plural brocks)
  1. (UK) a male badger. Tags: UK Categories (lifeform): Male animals, Mustelids
    Sense id: en-brock-en-noun-3oWsIGDI Disambiguation of Male animals: 94 3 2 1 Disambiguation of Mustelids: 85 7 6 2 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 17 13 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 77 14 4 5
  2. (archaic, possibly obsolete) A brocket, a stag between two and three years old. Tags: archaic, obsolete, possibly
    Sense id: en-brock-en-noun-SW3EUQX-
  3. (obsolete) A dirty, stinking fellow. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-brock-en-noun-hs1pvPH4

Verb

IPA: /bɹɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɹɑk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brock.wav [Southern-England] Forms: brocks [present, singular, third-person], brocking [participle, present], brocked [participle, past], brocked [past]
Rhymes: -ɒk Etymology: From Middle English brok, from Old English broc (“badger”), related to Danish brok (“badger”); both probably originally from a Celtic source akin to Irish broc, Welsh broch, Cornish brogh and thus ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brokkos. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|brok}} Middle English brok, {{inh|en|ang|broc|t=badger}} Old English broc (“badger”), {{cog|da|brok|t=badger}} Danish brok (“badger”), {{der|en|cel}} Celtic, {{cog|ga|broc}} Irish broc, {{cog|cy|broch}} Welsh broch, {{cog|kw|brogh}} Cornish brogh, {{der|en|cel-pro|*brokkos}} Proto-Celtic *brokkos Head templates: {{en-verb}} brock (third-person singular simple present brocks, present participle brocking, simple past and past participle brocked)
  1. To taunt.
    Sense id: en-brock-en-verb-kts1j-tR

Inflected forms

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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-brock.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-brock.wav.ogg",
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}

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