noun
Brock
brok
noun
1
An old dialect word for a badger.
"The farmer said a brock had been digging under the hedge."
How to Use Brock
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old-fashioned or regional English word simply meaning "badger."
When to use it
Mostly found in older or rural British English rather than everyday modern speech; today it's more common as a surname or given name.
Word Forms
brocked past tense, brocks plural, brocks singular
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Etymology
From Old English broc ("badger"), likely borrowed from an ancient Celtic word for the animal.