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brocks

brocks is the plural of brock.

brocks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brock.

Meaning of brock

Noun

brock (plural brocks)

  1. (UK) A male badger.
    • Or with pretence of chasing thence the brock,
      Send in a cur to worry the whole flock.1756 [1704], Ben Jonson, “The Tale of a Tub”, in Peter Whalley, editor, The Works of Ben Jonson, page 108
  2. (archaic, obsolete, possibly) A brocket, a stag between two and three years old.
    • By sportsmen the stag is called, the first year, a calf or hind-calf ; the second year, a knobber ; the third, a brock ; the fourth, a staggard ; the fifth, a stag ; the sixth, a hart.1833, “Stag”, in The Sportsman’s Cabinet, and Town and Country Magazine, page 417
  3. (obsolete) A dirty, stinking fellow.

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Proper noun capitalized: Brocks

Brocks

  1. A surname.

Words formed from brocks

Questions about brocks

What does brocks mean?
Brocks means a surname.
What is brocks the plural of?
Brocks is the plural of brock.
What part of speech is brocks?
Brocks is a proper noun.

Words near brocks in the dictionary

  1. Brockmeyers
  2. Brockovich
  3. Brockport
  4. brockram
  5. brockrams
  6. brocks
  7. Brockton
  8. Brockville
  9. Brockway
  10. Brockways
  11. Brockweir

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