Brock

name
/bɹɒk/UK/bɹɑk/US

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.

  1. derived from *brokkos
  2. inherited from broc — “badger
  3. inherited from brok

Definitions

  1. An English and Scottish surname from Middle English, a variant of Brook, or originally a…

    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.

  3. A small village in Myerscough and Bilsborrow parish, Wyre borough, Lancashire, England…

    A small village in Myerscough and Bilsborrow parish, Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5140).

  4. + 13 more definitions
    1. A river in Lancashire which flows through the village to the River Wyre.

    2. An unincorporated community in Scotland County, Missouri, United States.

    3. A village in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States.

    4. An unincorporated community in Darke County, Ohio, United States.

    5. A town in Parker County, Texas, United States.

    6. A township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.

    7. A village in the Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290, Saskatchewan, Canada.

    8. A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Brock No. 64) in Saskatchewan.

    9. A river in Quebec, Canada, a tributary of the Chibougamau River.

    10. A male badger.

      • Or with pretence of chasing thence the brock, Send in a cur to worry the whole flock.
    11. A brocket, a stag between two and three years old.

      • 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.
    12. A dirty, stinking fellow.

    13. To taunt.

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Derived

brockish

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Brock. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA