Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: nock  nók
  1. (archery) either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring; the notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring
    "The archer carefully placed the arrow's nock on the bowstring"
Verb: nock  nók
  1. (archery) fit an arrow to a bowstring by setting its notch in place
    "The archer nocked an arrow and drew the bow"

Sounds like: k

Derived forms: nocked, nocking, nocks

Encyclopedia: Nock, Matthew