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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ocky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ocky
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of occy (“octopus”).

noun

Brother, a close male friend or associate alternative form of ock

Uncountable

noun

A style of sandwich-making that Arabic New York City bodega and deli chefs are known for, featuring large portions of meat and fried food like burgers, chicken cutlets, mozzarella sticks, french fries, chicken tenders, pancakes and more, stuffed into a sandwich.

Uncountable

adj

Having large, well-developed muscles

Slang

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَخ (ʔaḵ, “brother”) + ـِي (-ī, “my”), doublet of akhi. Also diminutive of ock (“a man of Middle Eastern descent who runs a deli or bodega”)

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

ockies (plural) more ocky (comparative) most ocky (superlative)

Synonyms

brawny buff muscular swole

Rhymes With

hockey rocky jockey cocky stocky blocky pocky locky jocky schlocky oche crocky

Questions

What does ocky mean?
Alternative form of occy (“octopus”).
Where does ocky come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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