Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to brock
Participle: brocked
Gerund: brocking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | brock |
| you | brock |
| he;she;it | brocks |
| we | brock |
| you | brock |
| they | brock |
Perfect
| I | have brocked |
| you | have brocked |
| he;she;it | has brocked |
| we | have brocked |
| you | have brocked |
| they | have brocked |
Past
| I | brocked |
| you | brocked |
| he;she;it | brocked |
| we | brocked |
| you | brocked |
| they | brocked |
Pluperfect
| I | had brocked |
| you | had brocked |
| he;she;it | had brocked |
| we | had brocked |
| you | had brocked |
| they | had brocked |
Future
| I | will brock |
| you | will brock |
| he;she;it | will brock |
| we | will brock |
| you | will brock |
| they | will brock |
Future Perfect
| I | will have brocked |
| you | will have brocked |
| he;she;it | will have brocked |
| we | will have brocked |
| you | will have brocked |
| they | will have brocked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | brock |
| you | brock |
| he;she;it | brock |
| we | brock |
| you | brock |
| they | brock |
Perfect
| I | have brocked |
| you | have brocked |
| he;she;it | have brocked |
| we | have brocked |
| you | have brocked |
| they | have brocked |
Imperfect
| I | brocked |
| you | brocked |
| he;she;it | brocked |
| we | brocked |
| you | brocked |
| they | brocked |
Pluperfect
| I | had brocked |
| you | had brocked |
| he;she;it | had brocked |
| we | had brocked |
| you | had brocked |
| they | had brocked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would brock |
| you | would brock |
| he;she;it | would brock |
| we | would brock |
| you | would brock |
| they | would brock |
Perfect
| I | would have brocked |
| you | would have brocked |
| he;she;it | would have brocked |
| we | would have brocked |
| you | would have brocked |
| they | would have brocked |
Imperative
| you | brock |
| we | Let's brock |
| you | brock |
Verbs conjugated like 'brock'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'brock'
block,
brick,
brook,
crock,
frock,
grock,
rock,
abrook,
back,
beck,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to harshly mock; to treat with contempt
- badger, bam, barrack, bullyrag, chiack, deride, fleer, fligger, flite, geck, heckle, hound, jeer, nip, poke borack
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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. See: Irish '
broc', Cornish '
brogh'.
Sample Sentences
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Then other boys noticed that he had a softness for me, and brocked us both, so that I, who had been as unconscious as ever of anything erotic, suddenly learnt what was going on &, by some profound power of suggestion, what my feelings actually were. [1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 112:]