brock

Meaning

Noun

1. (UK) A male badger.
2. (archaic, obsolete, possibly) A brocket, a stag between two and three years old.
3. (obsolete) A dirty, stinking fellow.

Verb

To taunt.

Synonyms

badger

🦡

bastard

caitiff

clutch

creep

crud

crum

crump

dirty fellow

drip

frog

🐸

fucker

gink

gook

grifter

heck

jerk

lowlife

low life

raff

riffraff

rip

rotter

schlep

schlepp

schmo

schmuck

schnook

scum

scut

shit

💩

skunk

🦨

slicker

slime

so and so

son of a bitch

son of a gun

stinker

thug

turd

ratfink

scumbag

smooth operator

schmoe

mother fucker

scum bag

slimebag

stinking fellow

douchebag

sonofobitch

Translations

βρωμιάρης

Dreckskerl

Hundsfott

Schweinehund

Sumpfblute

- Arschloch

Abschaum -s

blaireau

🦡

بروك

vuilik

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹɒk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: brok

Inherited from Old English: broc

Cognate with Danish: brok

Cognate with Irish: broc

Cognate with Welsh: broch

Cognate with Cornish: brogh

In summary

From Middle English brok, from Old English broc (“badger”), related to Danish brok (“badger”); both probably originally from a Celtic source akin to Irish broc, Welsh broch, Cornish brogh and thus ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brokkos.