Bock
noun
a strong, dark beer traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption the following spring.
Bock
American
[bok]
/ bɒk /
Or
bock
noun
bock
British
/ bok, bəʊk /
verb
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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“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
“There’s a lot riding on this,” said Jeff Bock, box-office analyst at entertainment data and research firm Exhibitor Relations.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
“It is not known how it arrived,” said Clive Bock of the USDA.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
According to De Bock, the answer is complicated.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026
The sweeping condemnation which the soberer critics heaped upon the incapacities of his imitators has been exemplified in the accounts already given of Schummel, Bock and others.
From Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century by Harvey W. (Harvey Waterman) Hewett-Thayer
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
Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern This new episode experiments with cooking and science, bringing high-tech cuisine to the kitchen and cutting-edge technology to the chopping bock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2014
"Allons, tell us!" cried two or three, while others, availing themselves of the breathing space, filled the air with their orders: "Paul, another bock."
From Murder in Any Degree by Owen Johnson
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