bullock

See also: Bullock

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊlək/

Noun

bullock (plural bullocks)

1. (archaic) A young bull.
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     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; an ox.

Derived terms

• bullocky
• Gundaroo bullock

Translations

(archaic) a young bull

• Breton: kole (br) m
• Bulgarian: млад бик m (mlad bik)
• French: taurillon (fr)
• Italian: giovenco (it)
• Portuguese: novilho (pt) m
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• Romanian: junc (ro)
• Russian: бычо́к (ru) m (byčók), телёнок (ru) m (teljónok)
• Scottish Gaelic: damh m
• Tagalog: torete

a castrated bull; an ox

• Breton: ejen (br) m
• Bulgarian: вол (bg) m (vol)
• French: bouvillon (fr)
• German: Ochse (de) m
• Maori: puruki, ōkiha
• Russian: вол (ru) m (vol)
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• Scottish Gaelic: damh m
• Spanish: buey (es) m
• Swedish: oxe (sv) (of a fullgrown animal), stut (sv) (of a calf)
• Ukrainian: віл (uk) m (vil)

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• (deprecated template usage) Korean: 부룩소 (burukso)
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Verb

bullock (third-person singular simple present bullocks, present participle bullocking, simple past and past participle bullocked)

1. To bully.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 47:

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

   • 2017, podcast "Untold - The Daniel Morgan Murder", episode "Master of the Dark Arts", from minute 11:18

     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.