Meaning

1 senses

  1. To bully.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. What happened at Bullock's this evening?

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  2. They hate Sandra Bullock.

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Origin

From Middle English bullok, from Old English bulluc, from Proto-West Germanic *bulluk, cor

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

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Forms

bullocks, bullocking, bullocked, bullocked
Base formbullock · to bullock
3rd person singularbullocks
Present participlebullocking
Past simplebullocked
Past participlebullocked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybullock
he, she, itbullocks

Past simpleLesson

all personsbullocked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bullocked
he, she, ithas bullocked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bullock

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bullfightbullfighterbullfrogbullionbullseye

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