slocking

Verb (1)

slock (third-person singular simple present slocks, present participle slocking, simple past and past participle slocked)

1. (Northern England, Scotland) To swallow, gulp.

Verb (2)

slock (third-person singular simple present slocks, present participle slocking, simple past and past participle slocked)

1. (West-Country, obsolete, slang, transitive) To poach (a servant) from another household.
2. (Cornwall, transitive) To entice.
   • We were slocked there ourselves, an' we should ha' ben kidnapp'd too, ef it hadn ben for that young wumman.1862, William Bentinck Forfar, Pengersick Castle: a Cornish Tale, page 82

Verb (3)

slock (third-person singular simple present slocks, present participle slocking, simple past and past participle slocked)

1. (US, slang) To strike with a slock.

Verb (4)

slock (third-person singular simple present slocks, present participle slocking, simple past and past participle slocked)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To hunt (wild game) with preindustrial tools such as spears, blowguns, slingshots, arrows, crossbows, or others.

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