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

Example Sentences

It’s about a larger case in Minnesota of Feeding Our Future, a fraudulent food pantry that was run by Aimee Bock, a white woman who was convicted in March of cheating taxpayers out of nearly $250 million of pandemic funds.

From Salon

On Dec. 30, a federal judge cleared the way for the government to seize $5.2 million in assets from Bock.

From Salon

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

From Salon

Mercer wrote: “Doug Bock Clark needs a hobby besides his weird obsession with North Carolina’s judges. Maybe knitting or surfing. Have a nice day!”

From Salon

Since then, Blum and her team have planned more than 500 weddings and events, including NBA star Kevin Love’s and model Kate Bock’s “Great Gatsby”-inspired New York City wedding, and Bill Gates’s daughter Jennifer Gates’s vows with equestrian Nayel Nassar at their farm in New York’s Westchester County.

From The Wall Street Journal