name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
bullock
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Burlington County and Ocean County, New Jersey.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A ghost town in Harding County, South Dakota.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A community in Lanark Highlands township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
Ellipsis of Bullock County.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A young bull.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: bullet
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noun
Meaning 7
A castrated bull; an ox.
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verb
Meaning 8
To bully.
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noun
Meaning 9
castrated bull
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: steer
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Broader terms: male, cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus
noun
Meaning 10
young bull
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: young mammal, bull
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Breton: kole — (archaic) a young bull
- Bulgarian: млад бик (mlad bik) — (archaic) a young bull
- Danish: stud — (archaic) a young bull
- Finnish: mulli — (archaic) a young bull
- Finnish: mullikka — (archaic) a young bull
- French: taurillon — (archaic) a young bull
- French: bouvillon — (archaic) a young bull
- Galician: xuvenco — (archaic) a young bull
- Galician: becerro — (archaic) a young bull
- Galician: cuxo — (archaic) a young bull
- Galician: pucho — (archaic) a young bull
- Galician: xato — (archaic) a young bull
- German: Öchslein — (archaic) a young bull
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌿𐍂 (stiur) — (archaic) a young bull
- Hungarian: tulok — (archaic) a young bull
- Hungarian: tinó — (archaic) a young bull
- Italian: giovenco — (archaic) a young bull
- Latin: bovulus — (archaic) a young bull
- Latin: vitulus — (archaic) a young bull
- Polish: byczek — (archaic) a young bull
- Portuguese: novilho — (archaic) a young bull
- Romanian: junc — (archaic) a young bull
- Russian: бычо́к (byčók) — (archaic) a young bull
- Russian: телёнок (teljónok) — (archaic) a young bull
- Scottish Gaelic: damh — (archaic) a young bull
- Tagalog: torete — (archaic) a young bull
- Turkish: tosun — (archaic) a young bull
- Breton: ejen — a castrated bull; an ox
- Bulgarian: вол (vol) — a castrated bull; an ox
- Danish: stud — a castrated bull; an ox
- Finnish: härkä — a castrated bull; an ox
- French: bœuf — a castrated bull; an ox
- Galician: boi — a castrated bull; an ox
- German: Ochse — a castrated bull; an ox
- Hindi: बैल (bail) — a castrated bull; an ox
- Hungarian: tulok — a castrated bull; an ox
- Hungarian: tinó — a castrated bull; an ox
- Irish: bullán — a castrated bull; an ox
- Irish: bológ — a castrated bull; an ox
- Kannada: ಎತ್ತು (ettu) — a castrated bull; an ox
- Māori: puruki — a castrated bull; an ox
- Māori: ōkiha — a castrated bull; an ox
- Russian: вол (vol) — a castrated bull; an ox
- Scottish Gaelic: damh — a castrated bull; an ox
- Spanish: buey — a castrated bull; an ox
- Swedish: oxe — a castrated bull; an ox
- Swedish: stut — a castrated bull; an ox
- Telugu: ఎద్దు (eddu) — a castrated bull; an ox
- Ukrainian: віл (vil) — a castrated bull; an ox
- Urdu: بیل (bail) — a castrated bull; an ox
- Woiwurrung: bulgana — a castrated bull; an ox
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