different between bock vs jock

English

Etymology

From German Bockbier.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??k/
• Rhymes: -??k
• Homophones: balk, bok

Noun

bock (countable and uncountable, plural bocks)

1. A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.

French

Noun

bock m (plural bocks)

1. a beer glass having the capacity of approximately a quarter of a litre
2. the content of such a beer glass

Related terms

• sous-bock

Further reading

• “bock” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish boc, poc, pocc (“he-goat”) (compare Irish boc).

Noun

bock m (genitive singular bock, plural buick)

1. buck, male (of animals)
2. gelding

Derived terms

• bock goayr (“billygoat”)

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 boc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “poc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bukker, bokker, from Old Norse bokkr, bukkr, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz‚ from Proto-Indo-European *b?u?no-, *b?ukkos, *b?ugkó-.

Noun

bock c

1. a buck; the male of goat and deer
2. the tick mark (?), indicating incorrectness in Swedish schoolbooks
3. a sawhorse
4. a mount for a (roller) bearing
5. a bend or fold of sheet metal
6. a tool to bend or fold sheet metal
7. leapfrog is called hoppa bock
8. a gymnastics tool for leapfrogging

Declension

Related terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

Unknown. Suggested to be a hypocoristic for John (compare Jack).

Noun

jock (plural jocks)

1. (slang, archaic) A common man.
2. (Britain, slang, derogatory) A Scotsman.

Etymology 2

The computer slang meanings are derived from jockey. The athletic slang meanings in turn date from the middle 20th century and are simple abbreviations of jockstrap, which is in turn derived from the older slang meaning of jock itself, which dates from the 17th century, and whose etymology is unknown.

Noun

jock (plural jocks)

1. (informal) A jockey.
2. (slang, rare, dated) The penis.
3. An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.

   Synonym: jockstrap

4. (US, slang) A young male athlete (through college age).
5. (US, slang, derogatory) An enthusiastic athlete or sports fan, especially one with few other interests, often stereotyped as slow-witted person of large size and great physical strength.
6. (slang) A disc jockey.
7. (US, dated computing slang, in combination) A specialist computer programmer.

Translations

Etymology 3

Verb

jock (third-person singular simple present jocks, present participle jocking, simple past and past participle jocked)

1. (slang) to masturbate

   Synonyms: jack off, jerk off, jock off, wank, wank off

2. (slang) to humiliate

   Synonym: punk

3. (slang) to steal

   Synonym: gank

Yola

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jock

1. belly

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN