slock

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɒk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒk

Etymology 1

Cognate with German Schluck (“a draught; a gulp”), Dutch slok (“a draught; a gulp”).

Noun

slock (plural slocks)

2. (Scotland, Northern England) A draught; a gulp.

   A slock of wine.

   • 1935, Howard Lindsay, She Loves Me Not: A Comedy in Two Acts: Dramatized from Edward Hope’s Novel, French’s standard library edition, New York, N.Y., Los Angeles, Calif.: Samuel French, Inc., →OCLC, act I, scene II.B, page 15:

     Nothing like a slock of cake on a chilly evening, is there?

Verb

slock (third-person singular simple present slocks, present participle slocking, simple past and past participle slocked)

2. (Scotland, Northern England) To swallow, gulp.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

slock (third-person singular simple present slocks, present participle slocking, simple past and past participle slocked)

1. (transitive, West Country, slang, obsolete) To poach (a servant) from another household.

Etymology 3

Blend of sock +‎ lock.

Noun

slock (plural slocks)

2. (US prison slang) An improvised weapon consisting of a padlock placed in a sock, common in prison environments.

Verb

slock (third-person singular simple present slocks, present participle slocking, simple past and past participle slocked)

1. (US prison slang) To strike with a slock.

Etymology 4

Coined or popularized by Tim Wells, who is widely known among hunters for this style of hunting.

Verb

slock (third-person singular simple present slocks, present participle slocking, simple past and past participle slocked)

2. (intransitive, transitive) To hunt (wild game) with preindustrial tools such as spears, blowguns, slingshots, arrows, crossbows, or others.

References

• “slock” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• Jonathon Green (2024) “slock n.¹.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
• Jonathon Green (2024) “slock v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Anagrams

• KLOCs, KSLOC, Klocs, Locks, locks