FromMiddle Englishbullok, fromOld Englishbulluc, fromProto-West Germanic*bulluk, corresponding tobull +-ock(diminutive suffix). CompareOld Dutchbullok(“bullock”).
bullock (pluralbullocks)
- (archaic) Ayoungbull.
- Synonym:(rare)bullet
- Acastratedbull; anox.
Translations to be checked
bullock (third-person singular simple presentbullocks,present participlebullocking,simple past and past participlebullocked)
- Tobully.
1749, Henry Fielding,Tom Jones, Folio Society, published1973, page47:Yes, you villain, you have defiled my own bed, you have; and then you have charged me withbullocking 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 furiousbullocking. So it became a case ofbullocking management, basically. You know, how can I stave off the stress and the bullying for another few days.
