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Webster 1913 Edition


Bullock

Bul′lock

,
Noun.
[AS.
bulluc
a young bull. See
Bull
.]
1.
A young bull, or any male of the ox kind.
Take thy father’s young
bullock
, even the second
bullock
of seven years old.
Judges vi. 25.
2.
An ox, steer, or stag.

Bul′lock

,
Verb.
T.
To bully.
[Obs.]
She shan't think to
bullock
and domineer over me.
Foote.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bullock

BULL'OCK

,
Noun.
An ox, or castrated bull. In America,it is applied to a full grown ox.

Definition 2024


Bullock

Bullock

See also: bullock

Translingual

Proper noun

Bullock

  1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Arthur Allman Bullock (1906-1980).

English

Proper noun

Bullock

  1. A surname.

bullock

bullock

See also: Bullock

English

Noun

bullock (plural bullocks)

  1. (archaic) A young bull.
    • 1611, Bible (KJV), Leviticus 8:14:
      And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
  2. A castrated bull; an ox.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

bullock (third-person singular simple present bullocks, present participle bullocking, simple past and past participle bullocked)

  1. (obsolete) To bully.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 47:
      Yes, you villain, you have defiled my own bed, you have; and then you have charged me with bullocking you into owning the truth.