bullock

name

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Burlington County and Ocean County, New Jersey.
3. A ghost town in Harding County, South Dakota.
4. A community in Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
5. Ellipsis of Bullock County.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English bullok, from Old English bulluc, from Proto-West Germanic *bulluk, corresponding to bull + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Old Dutch bullok (“bullock”).

1. A young bull.

   “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.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English bullok, from Old English bulluc, from Proto-West Germanic *bulluk, corresponding to bull + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Old Dutch bullok (“bullock”).

1. To bully.

   “Yes, you villain, you have defiled my own bed, you have; and then you have charged me with bullocking you into owning the truth.”

   “So you never knew when you were gonna fall foul of a furious bullocking. So it became a case of bullocking management, basically. You know, how can I stave off the stress and the bullying for another few days.”