bullock

[ bool-uhk ]

noun

1. a castrated bull; steer.
2. a young bull.

bullock

/ ˈbʊlək /

noun

1. a gelded bull; steer
2. archaic.
   a bull calf

verb

1. informal.
   intr to work hard and long

Word History and Origins

Origin of bullock¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English bullok, Old English bulluc; bull ¹, -ock

Word History and Origins

Origin of bullock¹

Old English bulluc ; see bull ¹, -ock

Example Sentences

Emergency responders at the scene pronounced Bullock, of Northeast, dead, according to police.

From Washington Post

He hadn’t even yet become the subject of Sandra Bullock’s cooing in “The Blind Side.”

From Washington Post

Sandra Bullock won for ‘The Blind Side’ and Al Pacino lost for both Godfather movies.

From The Daily Beast

That scene where Sandra Bullock gives Matthew the shot in his butt?

From The Daily Beast

After Trevor-Roper told me Hitler was a true believer, he thought he was doing good, I went up to Oxford to see Bullock.

From The Daily Beast

Not for Rodriguez the decorous, red-carpet likes of Gwynnie, Sandra Bullock, or Tom Cruise, but “hot criminal” Jeremy Meeks.

From The Daily Beast

One of the first, Fanny Bullock Workman, was the daughter of a Massachusetts governor.

From The Daily Beast

The road was a bullock track, a swamp of mud amid the larger swamp of the ploughed land and jungle.

From Project Gutenberg

A Bullock's horn with a few small holes bored in it, is perhaps the best and handiest thing you can put your flies into.

From Project Gutenberg

He was built more like a bullock than a man, huge in bone and brawn, high in colour, and with a hand like a baby for size.

From Project Gutenberg

Next were brought one young bullock, one ram, and one lamb of the first year—all for a burnt-offering.

From Project Gutenberg

Uncle Breck used me as a money carrier because—well, maybe it was because he couldn't trust Bullock.

From Project Gutenberg