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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Middle English nokke, attested since the 14th century, probably from a Scandinavian/North Germanic language (compare Swedish nock (“notch”), but compare Dutch nok, from Middle Dutch nocke (“tip, point”). Both could be related to nook (“corner, recess”).
Noun
nock (plural nocks)
- Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
- (archery) The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
, Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. , London: Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, , new edition, volumes (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., , 1843, →OCLC:He took his arrow by the nock.
- (nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
Translations
the notch at the rear of an arrow
Verb
nock (third-person singular simple present nocks, present participle nocking, simple past and past participle nocked)
- (transitive) To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow. (See also notch (verb).)
- (transitive) To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).
Etymology 2
Noun
nock (plural nocks)
- Misspelling of knock.
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