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Spock en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /spɒk/

Etymology

Anglicized from Dutch Spaak.

Meanings

1. (common) A person or character like a Star Trek Vulcan; someone resembling Star Trek's character Spock.
2. The Vulcan salute when used in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock, a handshape that beats rock and scissors and loses to lizard and paper.

Forms

Synonyms

Vulcan

Spock en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /spɒk/

Etymology

Anglicized from Dutch Spaak.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An American surname from Dutch.
2. (countable, uncountable) In Star Trek, a Starfleet commander and science officer of the USS Enterprise, especially known for his Vulcan logic, reason, and stoicism and his distinctive pointed ears.
   • Phelps's calorie intake may seem superhuman, and his 6' 4", 185-pound body may recall Greek statuary, but fans are also drawn to him by a goofy grin and oversized ears that led to his being called Spock on the school bus. 2008 December 2, “Sportsman of the Year: Michael Phelps”, in Sports Illustrated:
   • This caricature called economic man was not only completely self-centered, he was also entirely rational in all his decisions, whether consuming or investing—a veritable Mr. Spock. 2010, William McDonald Wallace, The Decline and Fall of the U.S. Economy: How Liberals and Conservatives Both Got It Wrong, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, page 48:
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of 2309 Mr. Spock: an asteroid in the main belt, Solar System.
   alt of 2309 Mr. Spock

Forms

Deriveds

Spocking · Spock generation · Spockism · Spockery · Spockish · Spock ears · Spock-marked · Spirk · Spockian

Relateds

Mr. Spock

Translations (12)

ar سبوك (surname) · de Spock (surname) · el Σπόκος (surname) · pl Spock (surname) · hu Spock (surname) · fr Spock (surname) · cmn 斯波克 (surname) · ru Спок (surname) · nl Spock (surname) · no Spock (surname) · ja スポック (surname) · el Σποκ (surname)

Spock en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /spɒk/

Etymology

Anglicized from Dutch Spaak.

Meanings

1. To play the Vulcan salute hand.

Forms