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

See Examples For:

brock brocks

There is an expression common in the north that would lead the ignorant to believe that a badger perspires, or sweats, viz. "sweating like a brock."

From The Badger A Monograph by Alfred E. Pease

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 — Complete by Sir Walter Scott

Sir Toby's whole indignation against Malvolio culminates in the words:—'Marry, hang thee, brock!'

From Shakspere and Montaigne by Jacob Feis

Dandie promised with willingness, happy to oblige his guest, though quite unable to understand why any one should "care about a brock."

From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Sir Walter Scott

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 — Complete by Sir Walter Scott

The wolves, foxes, harts, wild boars, fallow deer, hares, coneys, weasels, brocks, badgers, and other such beasts, were found dead in the fields with their mouths open.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 by Peter Anthony Motteux

Then the moon came quiet and flooded full Light and beauty on clouds like wool, On a feasted fox at rest from hunting, In the beech wood grey where the brocks were grunting.

From Reynard the Fox by John Masefield