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brocket

UK/ˈbɹɒkɪt/

brocket noun: a stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.

brocket: a stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching
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Noun

brocket (plural brockets)

  1. A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.
    • Near-synonyms: knobber, knobbler, pricket, spitter
    • “Why, a stag is called a brocket until he is three years old, at four years he is a staggart; at five years a warrantable stag; and after five years he becomes a hart royal.”1847, Frederick Marryat, chapter 4, in The Children of the New Forest, England: H. Hurst
  2. A brocket deer, a member of genus Mazama, of short-horned deer of the tropical Americas.
    • Before fighting, brockets rear and jump in display; when fighting, they jump over each other, striking the opponent with the hooves of the forelegs or hind legs in passing.1998, Valerius Geist, Deer of the World, page 118

Proper noun capitalized: Brocket

Brocket

  1. A city and village in North Dakota.

brocket meaning in Tamil and Bengali

brocket in Tamil

நேர்கொம்புடைய ஈராட்டைப் பருவக்கலைமான்

brocket in Bengali

হরিণ তার দ্বিতীয় বছরে

Synonyms of brocket

Forms of brocket

pluralbrockets

Origin of brocket

Borrowed from Middle French brocart, broquart.

Words that rhyme with brocket

Questions about brocket

What does brocket mean?
Brocket means a stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.
What is brocket in Tamil?
Brocket in Tamil is நேர்கொம்புடைய ஈராட்டைப் பருவக்கலைமான். See Brocket meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brocket?
Brocket can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce brocket?
Brocket is pronounced /ˈbɹɒkɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of brocket?
The plural of brocket is brockets.

Words near brocket in the dictionary

  1. Brocken spectre
  2. Brocken spectres
  3. Brockenhurst
  4. Brocker
  5. Brockers
  6. brocket
  7. brockets
  8. Brocketsbrae
  9. Brockett
  10. Brocketts
  11. Brockford Green

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brocket (page history and authors); Brocket (page history and authors); brocket (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brocket (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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