slock
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slɒk/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒk
Etymology 1
Cognate with German Schluck (“a draught; a gulp”), Dutch slok (“a draught; a gulp”).
Noun
slock (plural slocks)
- (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 2488929, 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)
- (Scotland, Northern England) To swallow, gulp.
References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Etymology 2
Blend of sock + lock
Noun
slock (plural slocks)
- An improvised weapon consisting of a padlock placed in a sock, common in prison environments.
Etymology 3
Coined or popularized by Tim Wells, who is widely known among hunters for this style of hunting.
Verb
slock (plural slocks)
- (intransitive, transitive) To hunt (wild game) with preindustrial tools such as spears, blowguns, slingshots, arrows, crossbows, or others.
Anagrams
- KLOCs, KSLOC, Klocs, Locks, locks