a male badger.
"The young brock played in the muddy puddles near the forest edge."
To taunt.
"The rival team tried to brock our players by making fun of their new uniforms."
An English and Scottish surname, from Middle English, a variant of Brook, or originally a nickname for someone thought to resemble a badger (Middle English broc(k)).
"The local history book featured an article about the Brock family tree."
The word "brock" comes from the Old English term for badger, which traveled into Middle English before becoming part of modern vocabulary. Its roots likely go back to a Celtic source shared with Irish, Welsh, and Cornish words for the same animal.