nock
See also: Nock
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈnɒk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɒk
Etymology 1
editFrom 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”).[1]
Noun
editnock (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.
- [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (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
editthe notch at the rear of an arrow
Verb
editnock (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).
Interjection
editnock
- (archery) fit the arrow to your bowstring
Etymology 2
editNoun
editnock (plural nocks)
- Misspelling of knock.
References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “nock”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams
editSwedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle Low German nok, nokke. Cognate of Dutch nok. Likely cognate of Icelandic hnokki. Compare origin of nocka, nucka.
Noun
editnock c
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | nock | nocks |
definite | nocken | nockens | |
plural | indefinite | nockar | nockars |
definite | nockarna | nockarnas |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- nock in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- nock in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- nock in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)
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