bock beer

[ bok ]

/ bɒk /

noun

a strong, dark beer typically brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption the following spring.

Nearby words

bocconcini, bochdalek's hernia, boche, bochum, bock, bock beer, bockedy, bockscar, bocor, bod, boda-boda

Origin of bock beer

1855–60; < German Bock, Bockbier literally, buck beer, perhaps by misdivision of Eimbecker Bier (as if ein Bockbier one Bockbier) beer of Eimbeck in Lower Saxony, Germany

Also called bock.

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Examples from the Web for bock

Solomon recounts a recurring Socratic dialogue between Robbins and Stein, Bock, and Harnick.
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Bock: In Berlin I saved Jewish girls, who were to be sent to the concentration camp.
‘Soldaten: Secret WWII Transcripts of German POWs’ by Soenke Neitzel & Harald Welzer|Sönke Neitzel, Harald Welzer|September 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Bock says students usually notify his office of their wish for a deferral through June 1.
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To test this statement, Bock four times spent the night in the forest.
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The family entrance of Dugan's café was feasible; so Danny yielded to the vernal season as far as a glass of bock.
Strictly Business|O. Henry
This caused a great rumpus, and a fight in which Bock and several other Pornell students got a good drubbing.
The Putnam Hall Rebellion|Arthur M. Winfield
Here Mr. Ingram smiled sadly, tasted his bock, and threw away the end of a cigarette.
The Roll-Call|Arnold Bennett
Mr. Bock prepared this valuable report especially for the author.
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British Dictionary definitions for bock (1 of 2)

bock

/ (bok, bəʊk) /

verb, noun

a variant spelling of boke

British Dictionary definitions for bock (2 of 2)

bock beer

bock

/ (bɒk) /

noun

US and Canadian heavy dark strong beer

(in France) a light beer

Word Origin for bock beer

C19: from German Bock bier, literally: buck beer, name given through folk etymology to beer brewed in Einbeck, near Hanover

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