bullock
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bullock¹
- /ˈbʊlək/
Where it comes from
From Middle English bullok, from Old English bulluc, from Proto-West Germanic *bulluk, corresponding to bull + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Old Dutch bullok (“bullock”).
noun bullocks
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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.
Similar: bullet
- A castrated bull; an ox.
verb bullocks · bullocking · bullocked
- 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.
Bullock²
proper noun Bullocks
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Burlington County and Ocean County, New Jersey.
- A ghost town in Harding County, South Dakota.
- A community in Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
- Ellipsis of Bullock County
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: steer, pollock, dray, carts, drays, ox, oxen, bull calf, calf, yearling, draft ox, draught ox, draft animal, bovine, cattle, beef cattle
Translations
Talk about this word "bullock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bullock. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bullock. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bullock "bullock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bullock.Cite this
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