brock

American  

[brok] / brɒk /

noun

brocks plural

1. a European badger.

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brock British  

/ brɒk /

noun

1. a Brit name, used esp as a form of address in stories, for badger

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• brocks
  plural

Etymology

Origin of brock

before 1000; Middle English brok, Old English broc badger < Celtic; compare Irish, Scots Gaelic broc, Welsh broch

Example Sentences

To one who knows how to do it, drawing by the tail is a simple, quiet, and effective way of "taking the brock."

From The Badger A Monograph by Pease, Alfred E.

But his legitimate work is directed against the badger, in locating the brock under ground, worrying and driving him into his innermost earth, and there holding him until dug out.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert

We'll e'en mark him, and ca' him the Captain's brock; and I'm sure I'm glad I can do ony thing to oblige you,—but, Lord save us, to care about a brock!'

From Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Jim: I’ll not be taken here, Like a brock in his earth: I’ll not be trapped and torn ...

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson

Driv’st hence the wolf, the tod, the brock,

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney