Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To retch; vomit.
- To gush intermittingly, as liquid from a bottle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A strong dark
beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring
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Examples
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Not all beers in this country that use the term bock adhere to the German definition.
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Not all beers in this country that use the term bock adhere to the German definition.
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And he called out across the vast hall, now reeking with smoke and full of men drinking, his everlasting: "Garcon, un 'bock' -- and a new pipe."
Original Short Stories — Volume 05 Guy de Maupassant 1871
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And he called out across the vast hall, now reeking with smoke and full of men drinking, his everlasting: "Garcon, un 'bock' -- and a new pipe."
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1871
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Your Oktoberfest is not similar to your bock; the bock is a substitute for the Oktoberfest.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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Your Oktoberfest is not similar to your bock; the bock is a substitute for the Oktoberfest.
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One of the things we noted in our review of the Fauerbach Challenge, another revitalized bock, was that while these beers were called bock, problems with logistics prevented the use of high quality grains that don't (or didn't, or weren't) grow(n) in Wisconsin (e.g., 2-row barleys), and that these beers were supplemented with grains that did grow well in Wisconsin, like corn.
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One of the things we noted in our review of the Fauerbach Challenge, another revitalized bock, was that while these beers were called bock, problems with logistics prevented the use of high quality grains that don't (or didn't, or weren't) grow(n) in Wisconsin (e.g., 2-row barleys), and that these beers were supplemented with grains that did grow well in Wisconsin, like corn.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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Bronx Park have already been spent in painting appropriate scenery to line the cages of the mammalia, and also in the present exceedingly expensive expedition in search of the polka-dotted boom-bock, which is supposed to inhabit the jungle beyond Lake Niggerplug.
Police!!! Henry Hutt 1899
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The bock was a totally different beast altogether.
The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories 2010
bilby commented on the word bock
See also dudy.
November 23, 2007