NOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nock mean? 

• NOCK (verb)
  The verb NOCK has 1 sense:

1. make small marks into the surface of

  Familiarity information: NOCK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOCK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make small marks into the surface of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

mark; nock; score

Context example:

score the clay before firing it

Hypernyms (to "nock" is one way to...):

notch (cut or make a notch into)

Verb group:

mark; pit; pock; scar (mark with a scar)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nock"):

scarify (scratch the surface of)

scotch (make a small cut or score into)

scribe (score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking)

line (mark with lines)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

It is a Scotch bow, I see, for the upper nock is without and the lower within.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)