What does "brock" mean?
A male badger.
Brock
/bɹɒk/ name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A male badger.
- Grammar: brock is listed as name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: badger, deride, european badger, the badger.
- Usage evidence: "I suppose you," she said, "were named for General Clive." "I was. And my father was named for General Brock." "General Brock?" she asked, mystified. "General Isaac Brock, you know. The Battle of Queenston Heights, where we defeated the Americans." Her puzzled expression showed that she had not heard of the occasion. Young Busby was shocked.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A male badger. UK
"Or with pretence of chasing thence the brock, Send in a cur to worry the whole flock."
- 2 A brocket, a stag between two and three years old. archaic, obsolete, possibly
"By sportsmen the stag is called, the first year, a calf or hind-calf ; the second year, a knobber ; the third, a brock ; the fourth, a staggard ; the fifth, a stag ; the sixth, a hart."
- 3 A dirty, stinking fellow. obsolete
Verb
- 1 To taunt.
"Then other boys noticed that he had a softness for me, and brocked us both, so that I, who had been as unconscious as ever of anything erotic, suddenly learnt what was going on &, by some profound power of suggestion, what my feelings actually were."
Proper Noun
- 1 An English and Scottish surname from Middle English, a variant of Brook, or originally a nickname for someone thought to resemble a badger (Middle English broc(k)).
- 2 A male given name transferred from the surname.
""I suppose you," she said, "were named for General Clive." "I was. And my father was named for General Brock." "General Brock?" she asked, mystified. "General Isaac Brock, you know. The Battle of Queenston Heights, where we defeated the Americans." Her puzzled expression showed that she had not heard of the occasion. Young Busby was shocked."
- 3 A small village in Myerscough and Bilsborrow parish, Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5140).
- 4 A river in Lancashire which flows through the village to the River Wyre.
- 5 An unincorporated community in Scotland County, Missouri, United States.
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- 6 A village in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States.
- 7 An unincorporated community in Darke County, Ohio, United States.
- 8 A town in Parker County, Texas, United States.
- 9 A township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
- 10 A village in the Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- 11 A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Brock No. 64) in Saskatchewan.
- 12 A river in Quebec, Canada, a tributary of the Chibougamau River.
Synonyms
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""I suppose you," she said, "were named for General Clive." "I was. And my father was named for General Brock." "General Brock?" she asked, mystified. "General Isaac Brock, you know. The Battle of Queenston Heights, where we defeated the Americans." Her puzzled expression showed that she had not heard of the occasion. Young Busby was shocked."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "brock"?
Common synonyms include: badger, deride, european badger, the badger.
How do you use "brock" in a sentence?
"I suppose you," she said, "were named for General Clive." "I was. And my father was named for General Brock." "General Brock?" she asked, mystified. "General Isaac Brock, you know. The Battle of Queenston Heights, where we defeated the Americans." Her puzzled expression showed that she had not heard of the occasion. Young Busby was shocked.
How do you pronounce "brock"?
Pronounced /bɹɒk/.
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.