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Spock
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spock
English
<dab>
Etymology
Anglicized from en nl Spaak.
Pronunciation
en /spɒk/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Spock.wav Southern England
Proper noun
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en American Dutch.
en scifi 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.
en Mr. Spock
en 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 48 https://books.google.com/books?id=eP3VkhlSeLcC&dq=Spock&pg=PA48 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.
en 2008-12-02 Sportsman of the Year: Michael Phelps Sports Illustrated https://www.si.com/sportsperson/2008/12/02/sportsman-2008 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20240708170315/https://www.si.com/sportsperson/2008/12/02/sportsman-2008 8 July 2024
en
en @ellipsis of:mul:2309 Mr. Spock asteroid region/the main belt starsystem/Solar System.
Derived terms
en Spirk Spock ears Spockery Spock generation Spockian Spocking Spockish Spockism Spock-marked
Translations
surname
Arabic: ar سبوك m sbuk
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 斯波克 Sībō kè
Dutch: nl Spock m
French: fr Spock m
German: de Spock m
Greek: el Σποκ m, el Σπόκος m
Hungarian: hu Spock
Japanese: ja スポック Supokku
Norwegian: no Spock m
Polish: pl Spock m f
Russian: ru Спок m
Noun
en popular psychology A person or character like a Star Trek Vulcan; someone resembling Star Treks character Spock.
en rock paper scissors The Vulcan salute when used in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock, a handshape that beats rock and scissors and loses to lizard and paper.
Synonyms
en Vulcan
Verb
en rock paper scissors To play the Vulcan salute hand. en
Anagrams
en ckops pocks
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