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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

"Goethe is regarded as the founder of morphology and would likely have been delighted to see how we were able to gain valuable insights in this field using entirely new methods," says Bernhard Bock.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026

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

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

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 ● Dec. 31, 2025

Wyss and Bock had several good opportunities of determining the minimum period of incubation, and found it to be six days.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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

Here, according to modern pronunciation, the rhymes of the first couplet are imperfect, so that it was probably composed in the Saxon era, or while the word bough was still pronounced bog or bock.

From Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

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