Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "Mohock" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MOHOCK

Variant of Mohawk1.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF MOHOCK

Mohock  [ˈməʊhɒk] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOHOCK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mohock is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MOHOCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mohocks

The Mohocks were allegedly a gang of violent, well-born criminals that terrorized London in the early 18th century, attacking men and women alike. Taking their name from the Mohawk Indians, they were said to kill or disfigure their male victims and sexually assault their female victims. The matter came to a head in 1712 when a bounty of £100 was issued by the royal court for their capture. According to Lady Wentworth, "They put an old woman into a hogshead, and rolled her down a hill; they cut off some noses, others' hands, and several barbarous tricks, without any provocation. They are said to be young gentlemen; they never take any money from any." Historians have found little evidence of any organized gang, though in spring 1712 there was a flurry of print accounts of the Mohocks, their lawlessness, impunity and luridly violent acts. In response there was also some derision from satirists at what they perceived to be sensationalism by the Grub Street press.

Definition of Mohock in the English dictionary

The definition of Mohock in the dictionary is one of a group of aristocratic ruffians, who attacked people in the streets at night.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOHOCK


forehock
ˈfɔːˌhɒk
hock
hɒk
hollyhock
ˈhɒlɪˌhɒk
hough
hɒk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOHOCK

Mohammed Ali
Mohammed II
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Mohammedan
Mohammedanise
Mohammedanism
Mohammedanize
Moharram
Mohave
Mohave Desert
mohawk
mohel
Mohenjo-Daro
mohican
Mohilev
Moho
Mohole
Moholy-Nagy
Mohr´s circle
Mohs scale

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOHOCK

acoustic shock
aftershock
anaphylactic shock
antishock
chock
corn shock
culture shock
electric shock
electrical shock
electroshock
foreshock
in hock
insulin shock
shell shock
shock
short sharp shock
surgical shock
thermal shock
woodshock

Synonyms and antonyms of Mohock in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Mohock» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF MOHOCK

Find out the translation of Mohock to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Mohock from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Mohock» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Mohock
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Mohock
570 millions of speakers

English

Mohock
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Mohock
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Mohock
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Mohock
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

MOHOCK
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Mohock
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Mohock
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mohock
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mohock
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Mohock
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Mohock
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mohock
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Mohock
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Mohock
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोहॉक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mohock
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Mohock
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Mohock
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Mohock
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Mohock
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Mohock
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Mohock
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Mohock
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Mohock
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Mohock

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOHOCK»

The term «Mohock» is used very little and occupies the 170.894 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Rarely used
20
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «Mohock» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of Mohock
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Mohock».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOHOCK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Mohock» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Mohock» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Mohock

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOHOCK»

Discover the use of Mohock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Mohock and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Good Ship Mohock
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Clark Russell, 2012
2
Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer
An Account tf the Cbitf 0/ tbe Mohock Indians, -vibo lately visited England. (With an exu8 Likeness.) «*T is well known that officer of English extraction born in the chief of the Mo- America, and who has a settlement just in the neighbourhood of ...
Isaac Kimber, Edward Kimber, 1776
3
The London Monster: A Sanguinary Tale
them unspeakable mischief. The elderly, defenseless watchmen who patrolled London's streets were favorite victims of the Mohocks. There were many broadsides, pamphlets, and bloodthirsty newspaper accounts about the Mohock outrages, ...
Jan Bondeson, 2009
4
Gender and Petty Violence in London, 1680-1720
about their existence, but he nevertheless continued to “forbear walking late. . . . for fear of the Mohocks,” and subsequent entries in his journal mentioned curbing his routine to avoid a Mohock attack, declaring, at the same time, “tho I believe ...
Jennine Hurl-Eamon, 2005
5
The Colonizing Trick: National Culture and Imperial ...
47 This generative displacement of the name Mohock is a lexical map of the text of colonialism, tracing the manner in which colonialism produces coherent and normative racial and national formations for the colonies and the metropole.
David Kazanjian, 2003
6
The general index as to twenty-seven volumes of the London ...
THE LONDON MAGAZINE, FOR JULY, 1776. ' For the LONDON MAGAZINE. Ah Account 'of the Chief of the Mohock Indians, nuho lately -visited England. (With an exact Likeness.) jt^m^v^t. " we" known tnat officer of English extraction born in  ...
‎1776
7
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
From milk-sop he starts up mohock. Prior. Who has not trembled at the mohock'i name? Gay. — Thou hast fallen upon me with the rage of a mad dog, or a mohock. Dennis. (a.) Mohock. See Moh AWKs.and Muck. § t. MOHR, a town of Germany ...
‎1816
8
The Minerva; Or, Literary, Entertaining, and Scientific ...
This operation has brought to light through the care and exertions of Dr. Marlin Johnson, and others, more interesting productions of nature, than perhaps all the rest of the line, not excepting the upper or little falls of Mohock. Among the ...
‎1825
9
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
Prom milk-sop be starts up mohock. □ Prior. Who has not trembled at the mohock's name? Gay. — Tliou hast fallen upon me with the rage of a mad dop, or a mohock. Dennis- (i ) Mohock. See Mohawks, and Muck. § a. MOHR, a town of ...
‎1816
10
Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates: The Making of the Modern ...
This distinction between the rake and the Mohock draws on an implicit division between the explicitly criminal and the more benignly libertine and reassuringly faded aspects of the rake figure. While Will Honeycomb's laurels surely rest on his ...
Erin Mackie, 2010

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOHOCK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Mohock is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Obama 2.0 Ready For Independence Day
In the latest series of hipsters, POTUS Barack Obama sports a mohock and former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wears her ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jun 15»
2
No-Drip Umbrella Concept Eliminates Need for Annoying Plastic Bags
And perhaps designer Ju Hyun Lee has found one with the Mohock Smart Umbrella, which touts its own nifty system for keeping dripping fabric ... «Treehugger, Oct 10»
3
Keeping Britain untidy
... as dangerous as 18th-century Covent Garden, where the Mohock gang marauded. Today's drunks are just as nasty and far less interesting. «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 09»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mohock [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mohock>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z