Bullock

Bullock

A bullock is a castrated bull, also known as a steer or ox. They are castrated so that the animal may be more docile or may put on weight more quickly.

Bullock may also refer to:
* Bullock cart
* Bullock County, Alabama
* Bullock Pen Lake
* Bullock Creek
* Bullock Report (A Language for Life) (1975)
* Bullock Report (Industrial democracy) (1977)
* Bullock's, a defunct department store chain based in Los Angeles, California

People with the surname Bullock

* Alan Bullock (1914-2004), historian and academic
* Alexander H. Bullock, Governor of Massachusetts from 1866-1868
* Caryanne Bullock, Peace Activist,model/actress, CEO Divine Life LLC, One Love Unity Organization board member
* Bob Bullock, American politician
* Geoff Bullock, Australian Pentecostal paster and songwriter
* Harvey Bullock, American screenwriter
* JM J. Bullock, American actor
* Jeffrey Bullock, American university president
* Jimmy Bullock, English footballer
* Martha Bullock, wife of Seth Bullock
* Matthew Bullock, fled to Canada
* Mike Bullock, comics artist
* Norman Bullock, English footballer and football manager
* Red Bullock (1911-1988), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Richard Bullock, real-life Deadwood Dick
* Sandra Bullock, American actress
* S. Scott Bullock, American actor
* Seth Bullock, United States Marshals
* Steve Bullock, British mayor
* William Bullock, English actor
* William Bullock English traveller, naturalist and antiquarian
* William Bullock, American printing press
* William H. Bullock U.S. Roman Catholic churchman
* Wynn Bullock, American photographer

ee also

* Bulloch
* Bollocks
* Harvey Bullock, fictional character from "Batman"


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  • Bullock — Bul lock, n. [AS. bulluc a young bull. See {Bull}.] 1. A young bull, or any male of the ox kind. [1913 Webster] Take thy father s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old. Judges vi. 25. [1913 Webster] 2. An ox, steer, or stag.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bullock — Bul lock, v. t. To bully. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] She shan t think to bullock and domineer over me. Foote. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bullock —   [ bʊlək],    1) Alan Louis Charles Baron (seit 1976), britischer Historiker, * Trowbridge 13. 12. 1914; während des Zweiten Weltkrieges als Korrespondent für den Europadienst der britischen Rundfunkgesellschaft BBC tätig; lehrte seit 1945 an… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Bullock — Bullock, Grafschaft im Staate Georgien (Nordamerika), 40 QM., magerer, meist sandiger Boden; Klima gesund, große Fichtenwälder, die viel Bauholz u. Wild liefern, producirt Baumwolle, Mais, Reis u. Zuckerrohr, 1796 organisirt; 4500 Ew.; Hauptstadt …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • bullock — O.E. bulluc young bull, from P.Gmc. *bulluka , from the stem of BULL (Cf. bull) (1). Now always a castrated bull reared for beef …   Etymology dictionary

  • bullock — ► NOUN ▪ a castrated male bovine animal raised for beef. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • bullock — [bool′ək] n. [ME bulloke < OE bulluc, dim. of bula: see BULL1] 1. Obs. a young bull 2. a castrated bull; steer …   English World dictionary

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