bock

noun

ˈbäk 

: a dark lager beer with a high alcohol content that has a strong flavor of malt and a mild flavor of hops and is typically sold in the winter or early spring

Examples of bock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to the Bockfest site, bock beer is traditionally brewed for special occasions, with a particular link to spring due to German monks drinking it as a substitute for food during Lenten fasts. —Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026

By the early 20th century, and undoubtedly before that, the sight of an advertisement for bock beer, usually depicting a goat, became as ubiquitous a sign of spring as seeing the first robin. —Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026

The annual festival features multiple bock beers from local craft breweries, a sausage cooking competition, live music, from local musicians, local vendors, and the highlight of the day, multiple heats of racing goat. —Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 30 July 2025

The 33rd annual festival celebrating Cincinnati's brewing heritage and all things bock beer returns March 7-9. —Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

German, short for Bockbier, by shortening & alteration from Einbecker Bier, literally, beer from Einbeck, from Einbeck, Germany

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bock

• balk
• baulk
• bloc
• broch
• brock
• calk
• caulk
• chalk
• chock
• clock
• cock
• croc