Bock — meaning in English

English meaning

• buck noun An adult male deer or similar animal.
• goat noun A horned, bearded farm animal related to sheep, often kept for milk, meat, or wool.
• trestle noun A flat bar held up at each end by two spread-out legs, like a sawhorse.
• vault noun A strong, secure room, especially one used to store money, valuables, or important records.

Senses

Bock is used for these senses in English:

• billy goat (childish) A male goat.
• buck A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, shad and kangaroo.
• goat (uncountable) The meat of the aforementioned animal.
• trestle A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses.
• trestle A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a tabletop or planks.
• trestle A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge.
• vault (gymnastics) A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
• vault (often, figurative) Any archive of past content.

buck — full definition

1. noun An adult male deer or similar animal.
2. noun Informal, especially American, word for a dollar.
3. verb Of a horse, to jump with an arched back and kick out the hind legs, often to throw off a rider.
4. verb To resist or oppose something strongly, especially a trend or authority.

goat — full definition

1. noun A horned, bearded farm animal related to sheep, often kept for milk, meat, or wool.
2. noun Informal: someone blamed for a failure, especially in sport (a "scapegoat").
3. noun Slang abbreviation of "Greatest Of All Time."

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