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  • moc
    moc
    noun
    short for moccasin.
  • MOC
    MOC
    noun
    My Own Creation: an original construction made with LEGO bricks.
  • MoC
    MoC
    abbreviation
    mother of the chapel
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moc

1 American  
[mok] / mɒk /

noun

Informal.
  1. short for moccasin.

    Pair this outfit with boat shoes or driving mocs to be the most dapper dad on the boardwalk.

    Can't go wrong with the price and classic appeal of these mocs.


MOC 2 American  
[mok] / mɒk /
Or moc

noun

  1. My Own Creation: an original construction made with LEGO bricks.

    I bought set 5765 this week and decided to make some alternative mocs using only the pieces from the set.

    In this club we mostly build small sci-fi or fantasy MOCs.


MOC 3 American  
Or MoC

abbreviation

  1. Member of Congress.

  2. Management of Change.

  3. Memorandum of Cooperation.

  4. man of color: a man of color; a nonwhite man.

  5. masculine of center.


MOC 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Mozambique (international car registration)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

MoC 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. mother of the chapel

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It's even inspiring others: Tod's new moc, above left, borrows from the Docksides standard.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus, from moc, to tie:— Ten c in moc ech, I tie thee, literally, I my present tying thee.

From The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

There’s not a lot of on-the-record information about the MOC, but through various news and think tank reports, plus some revelations from member states, it seems there are over a dozen members, including the U.S.,

From Salon Apr. 28, 2019

MOC stands for My Own Creation, as opposed to a standard-issued Lego kit.

From Washington Times May 7, 2018

If approved by the SEC, Bats would let market participants send in MOC orders to be pre-matched with other such orders 25 minutes before the 4 p.m. market close.

From Reuters Jun. 13, 2017

On April 5, 1998, in Orbit 220, the MOC obtained an oblique image of the face at a resolution of 4 meters per pixel, a factor-of-10 improvement in resolution over the Viking image.

From Textbooks Oct. 13, 2016

The “maintenance of certification” process, or MOC as it’s commonly known, morphed into its own industry.

From Slate Oct. 7, 2016

In Kolkata, where the first MoC mission was set up in 1952, there will be prayers, talks and cultural events, but no major ceremony.

From Reuters Sep. 3, 2016

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