BROCK

Proper noun

Brock

An English and Scottish surname, a variant of Brook, or originally a nickname for someone thought to resemble a badger (Middle English broc(k)).

A male given name from surnames.

A small village in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5140).

A river in Lancashire which flows through the village to the River Wyre.

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

A village in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States.

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

A city (?) in Parker County, Texas, United States.

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

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

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

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

Anagrams

• Borck

Etymology

Noun

brock (plural brocks)

(UK) a male badger.

(archaic, possibly, obsolete) A brocket, a stag between two and three years old.

(obsolete) A dirty, stinking fellow.

Verb

brock (third-person singular simple present brocks, present participle brocking, simple past and past participle brocked)

To taunt.

Anagrams

• Borck

Source: Wiktionary


Brock, n. Etym: [AS. broc, fr. W. broch; akin to Ir. & Gael. broc, Corn. & Armor. broch; cf. Ir. & Gael. breac speckled.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A badger. Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock. B. Jonson.

Brock, n. Etym: [See Brocket.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A brocket. Bailey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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