bock
noun
a strong, dark beer typically brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption the following spring.
Also called bock.
Origin:
1855–60; < German Bock, Bockbier literally, buck beer, perhaps by misdivision of Eimbecker Bier (as if ein Bockbier one Bockbier) beer of Eimbeck in Lower Saxony, Germany
1855–60; < German Bock, Bockbier literally, buck beer, perhaps by misdivision of Eimbecker Bier (as if ein Bockbier one Bockbier) beer of Eimbeck in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Bock
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
bock beer or bock (bɒk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (US), (Canadian) heavy dark strong beer |
| 2. | (in France) a light beer |
| [C19: from German Bock bier, literally: buck beer, name given through folk etymology to beer brewed in Einbeck, near Hanover] | |
| bock or bock | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from German Bock bier, literally: buck beer, name given through folk etymology to beer brewed in Einbeck, near Hanover] | |
| bock beer or bock (bɒk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (US), (Canadian) heavy dark strong beer |
| 2. | (in France) a light beer |
| [C19: from German Bock bier, literally: buck beer, name given through folk etymology to beer brewed in Einbeck, near Hanover] | |
| bock or bock | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from German Bock bier, literally: buck beer, name given through folk etymology to beer brewed in Einbeck, near Hanover] | |
| boke, (Scot) boak or (Scot) bock (bok, bəʊk, bok, bəʊk, bok, bəʊk) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to retch or vomit |
| —n | |
| 2. | a retch; vomiting fit |
| [Middle English bolken; related to | |
| boak, (Scot) boak or (Scot) bock | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [Middle English bolken; related to | |
| bock, (Scot) boak or (Scot) bock | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [Middle English bolken; related to | |
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Word Origin & History
bock
type of beer, 1856, from Ger. ambock, Bavarian dialectal pronunciation of Einbecker bier, from Einbeck, Hanover, where it was first brewed.
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