different between bullocky vs bullock

English

Etymology

From bullock +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?l?ki/

Noun

bullocky (plural bullockies)

1. (Australia and New Zealand colloquial, now historical) A person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 21:

     He could yarn with the bullockies for hours.

   • 2006, Jaydeep Sarangi, Binod Mishra, Explorations In Australian Literature, page 107,

     In so doing, the bullocky assumes a larger than life dimension and passes into the realm of myth and Australian legend.

     The bullocky in Australia has vanished into the past and old methods have given way to new - ‘grass is across the waggon-tracks and plough strikes bone beneath the grass’.

English

Etymology

From Middle English bullok, from Old English bulluc, corresponding to bull +? -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle Dutch boelekijn (“bullock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?l?k/

Noun

bullock (plural bullocks)

1. (archaic) A young bull.

   • And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.

2. A castrated bull; an ox.

Derived terms

• bullocky
• Gundaroo bullock

Translations

Verb

bullock (third-person singular simple present bullocks, present participle bullocking, simple past and past participle bullocked)

1. To bully.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 47:

     Yes, you villain, you have defiled my own bed, you have; and then you have charged me with bullocking you into owning the truth.

   • 2017, podcast "Untold - The Daniel Morgan Murder", episode "Master of the Dark Arts", from minute 11:18

     So you never knew when you were gonna fall foul of a furious bullocking. So it became a case of bullocking management, basically. You know, how can I stave off the stress and the bullying for another few days.