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

Tapping of the Bocks, 6 p.m., Arnold's Bar & Grill, 210 E. Eighth St., Downtown. 17 different bock beers will be tapped, including 5 German, one national and 11 local bocks, blessed by Franciscan monk Brother Tim. —Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025

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

Brewers at the fest poured Alsatian pilsners, Italian pilsners, rice bocks, beers brewed with ancho chiles, yuzu, watermelon and Hungarian grapes. —Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 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