brock

American  

[brok] / brɒk /

noun

1. a European badger.

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brock British  

/ brɒk /

noun

1. a Brit name, used esp as a form of address in stories, for badger

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Etymology

Origin of brock

before 1000; Middle English brok, Old English broc badger < Celtic; compare Irish, Scots Gaelic broc, Welsh broch

Example Sentences

Well, now, I feel like a brock in a barrel—or not so big as him.

From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.

But his legitimate work is directed against the badger, in locating the brock under ground, worrying and driving him into his innermost earth, and there holding him until dug out.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert

Black, block, brock, brick, trick, trice, trite, write, white.

From Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

There is an expression common in the north that would lead the ignorant to believe that a badger perspires, or sweats, viz. "sweating like a brock."

From The Badger A Monograph by Pease, Alfred E.

Take cover, and, when I whistle, on to him like a brock!'

From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard