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4 lettersPronunciation /nɒk/Part of speech verbSorted cknoStarts with NEnds with K0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make small marks into the surface of

Word origin

From 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”).

Used in a sentence

  • Meanwhile there had been bustle and preparation in all parts of the great vessel. The archers stood in groups about the decks, new-stringing their bows, and testing that they were firm at the nocks.
  • Each drew his string from its waterproof case and bent the huge arc of his war-bow as he fitted it into the nocks.
  • He took his arrow by the nock.

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