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Bullock

//ˈbʊlək// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Burlington County and Ocean County, New Jersey. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A ghost town in Harding County, South Dakota. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A community in Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Ellipsis of Bullock County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A young bull. archaic

    "And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering."

  2. 2
    castrated bull wordnet
  3. 3
    A castrated bull; an ox.
  4. 4
    young bull wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To bully.

    "Yes, you villain, you have defiled my own bed, you have; and then you have charged me with bullocking you into owning the truth."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English bullok, from Old English bulluc, from Proto-West Germanic *bulluk, corresponding to bull + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Old Dutch bullok (“bullock”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English bullok, from Old English bulluc, from Proto-West Germanic *bulluk, corresponding to bull + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Old Dutch bullok (“bullock”).

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