brock

American  

[brok] / brɒk /

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of brock

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

Example Sentences

Black, block, brock, brick, trick, trice, trite, write, white.

From Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

The badger, or brock, as it is called in Scotland, is yearly becoming more and more rare.

From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by White, Adam

The story is this:--The laird riding past a high steep bank, stopped opposite a hole in it, and said, "Hairy, I saw a brock gang in there."

From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

In Yorkshire I often hear a man say, "Ah sweats like a brock," and the user of this elegant metaphor innocently imagines he is perspiring like a badger.

From The Badger A Monograph by Pease, Alfred E.

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