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noun

ˈfläk How to pronounce flock (audio)
Definition of flocknext
1
as in throng
a great number of persons or creatures massed together a flock of obstreperous reporters at the press conference

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as in swarm
a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together a flock of sheep crossing the road

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flock

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verb

as in to crowd
to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat

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Recent Examples of flock
Noun
At one point, a small flock of gadwall came into our spread and the group shot a few, but not all of them. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 2026 Fans of the bald eagle couple flock to Big Bear Lake trying to catch a glimpse of the new family. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
Fans should once again flock to the Championship, which last season posted its third-highest aggregate attendance figure since the Second World War. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 And in November, thousands of teens will flock to Long Beach, California for the National Catholic Youth Conference—what’s considered to be the largest gathering of Catholic youth in the country. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flock
  1. throng
  2. swarm
  3. crowd
  4. horde
  5. herd
  6. invade
  7. mob
Noun
  • The defendant and his legal team declined to speak with a throng of reporters outside the courthouse.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Right in the middle of cheering, reveling masses was MARTA — a connective system of veins that efficiently moved the happy throngs.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of throng
Noun
  • Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drones targeting military industries and energy facilities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Hundreds of thousands of collisions would happen every year, each unleashing its own swarm of hazardous, high-speed orbital shrapnel.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of swarm
Verb
  • The Associated Press gained rare access into one of Ituri's largest mines, in the locality of Iga-Barrière, where miners crowd into pits to dig for gold.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Lang and his supporters, including Detroit pastor Lorenzo Sewell, and community members crowded the meeting space at the Henry Ford Centennial Library.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of crowd
Noun
  • Since it was designated the first national recreation area in 1964, hordes of visitors have cut Lake Mead’s glassy surface with jet skis and boats, carelessly dropping belongings that may now wash up on shore.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Stop moving and a horde of desperate, violent strangers sprint from the woods to try to steal their car.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of horde
Noun
  • Swedish director Amanda Kernell will present Garrat du váimmu (Brace Your Heart), in which a young woman does everything in her power to keep her family’s reindeer herd alive.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Finding one of the latter type of trail, however, is a big order because elk normally travel in small herds over a vast area.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of herd
Verb
  • Some tin-pot tyrant decides their country really owns part of another and invades.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Cambodia’s archenemy was neighboring Vietnam, which eventually invaded to oust the Khmer Rouge in 1979.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of invade
Verb
  • The line outside the Manhattan nightclub Joyface was always hectic, but on Saturday night it was particularly mobbed.
    — Shane O’Neill, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Ezequiel Duran #20 of the Texas Rangers is mobbed by teammates after a walk-off double that scored the game winning run against the San Francisco Giants in the ninth inning at Globe Life Field on August 04, 2026 in Arlington, Texas.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
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