slock

English

Etymology 1

Cognate with German Schluck (“a draught; a gulp”), Dutch slok (“a draught; a gulp”).

Noun

slock (plural slocks)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) A draught; a gulp.

   A slock of wine.

   • 1935, Howard Lindsay, She Loves Me Not: A Comedy in Two Acts: Dramatized from Edward Hope’s Novel, French’s standard library edition, New York, N.Y., Los Angeles, Calif.: Samuel French, Inc., →OCLC, Act I, scene II.B, page 15:

     Nothing like a slock of cake on a chilly evening, is there?

Verb

slock (third-person singular simple present slocks, present participle slocking, simple past and past participle slocked)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) To swallow, gulp.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Etymology 2

Blend of sock +‎ lock

Noun

slock (plural slocks)

1. An improvised weapon consisting of a padlock placed in a sock, common in prison environments.

Anagrams

• KLOCs, KSLOC, locks