bock

Etymology

From German Bockbier.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɔːk/
• Rhymes: -ɔːk
• Homophones: balk, bok

Noun

bock (countable and uncountable, plural bocks)

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

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

Further reading

• “bock” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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

Mutation

References

• “2 boc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “poc(c)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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

1. a buck; the male of goat and deer
2. the tick mark (✓), indicating correctness in Swedish schoolbooks
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