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  Bock

  noun

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

  verb

  a variant spelling of boke

Bock

American  

[bok] / bɒk /

Or bock

noun

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

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bock British  

/ bok, bəʊk /

verb

1. a variant spelling of boke

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Etymology

Origin of Bock

First recorded in 1855–60; from 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

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Example Sentences

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“They occupy several worlds at once,” senior media analyst at entertainment research company Exhibitor Relations Jeff Bock said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

“It is not known how it arrived,” said Clive Bock of the USDA.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

"This makes the tendons more brittle and impairs their mechanical function," explains Greta Moschini, a doctoral student in De Bock and Snedeker's groups and lead author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026

Take what happened with Doug Bock Clark, a reporter in ProPublica’s South office.

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2025

Another author who lived at this period, Hieronymus Bock, generally known by his Latinized name Tragus, was principally distinguished as a botanist, although he wrote also on animals.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by William MacGillivray

In Kyiv's Solomianskyi district, residents of a typical Soviet-era apartment bock hit by a Russian drone were cleaning up their building -- already worried about what might come next.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Residents of an evacuated tower bock have been told by the council they can move back into their homes.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024

Firefighters finally were able to find the woman and bring her bock back to the surface, said the coroner, who determined she died from injuries from the fall.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023

Sotheby’s expects to sell the Inverted Jenny plate bock for $5 million to $7 million and the double eagle for $10 million to $15 million.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2021

"Meget stor bock," shouted Ulus, and whipped out his knife, and proceeded to do the offices, being filled with strong glee, which he imparted to the driving rain, the swishing trees, and my dripping self.

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne

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