bullock

American  

[bool-uhk] / ˈbʊl ək /

noun

1. a castrated bull; steer.

2. a young bull.

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bullock British  

/ ˈbʊlək /

noun

1. a gelded bull; steer

2. archaic a bull calf

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verb

1. informal (intr) to work hard and long

Etymology

Origin of bullock

First recorded before 1000; Middle English bullok, Old English bulluc; bull ¹, -ock

Example Sentences

Photographs from the 1960s and 70s show scientists carrying rockets and satellites on cycles or even a bullock cart.

From BBC

The incident led to calls to keep the bullocks that graze on a nearby common under better control.

From BBC

This is the moment a bullock was hoisted to safety by its legs after getting trapped in a sinkhole in County Durham.

From BBC

A man on a bullock cart trundles by.

From BBC

Then he unyoked the bullocks and led them to the small pool of water near which we had stopped, giving them each a handful of hay.

From Literature