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)

(archaic) A young bull.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Leviticus 8:14:
  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.
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

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)

Scottish Gaelic: damh m
Spanish: buey (es) m
Swedish: oxe (sv) (of a fullgrown animal), stut (sv) (of a calf)
Ukrainian: віл m (vil)

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Korean: 부룩소 (burug-so, buruk-)

Verb

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

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.