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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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
An American surname from Dutch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
In Star Trek, a Starfleet commander and science officer of the USS Enterprise, especially known for his Vulcan logic, reason, and stoicism and his distinctive pointed ears.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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name
Ellipsis of 2309 Mr. Spock: an asteroid in the main belt, Solar System.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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noun
A person or character like a Star Trek Vulcan; someone resembling Star Trek's character Spock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: common
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
The Vulcan salute when used in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock, a handshape that beats rock and scissors and loses to lizard and paper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: games, rock-paper-scissors
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verb
To play the Vulcan salute hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: games, rock-paper-scissors
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noun
United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Benjamin Spock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: baby doctor, pediatrician, pediatrist, paediatrician
History
Anglicized from Dutch Spaak.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
