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bullock

noun
/ˈbʊlək/

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from *bulluk✻
  2. inherited from bulluc
  3. inherited from bullok

Definitions

  1. A young bull.

    • 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. A castrated bull

    A castrated bull; an ox.

  3. 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.
    • So you never knew when you were gonna fall foul of a furious bullocking. So it became a case of bullocking management, basically. You know, how can I stave off the stress and the bullying for another few days.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A surname.

    2. An unincorporated community in Burlington County and Ocean County, New Jersey.

    3. A ghost town in Harding County, South Dakota.

    4. A community in Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    5. Ellipsis of Bullock County.

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