-ock

1. a native English suffix of nouns, used to form descriptive names (ruddock, lit., the red one) and diminutives (hillock ).

-ock

suffix

1. indicating smallness

   hillock

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ock¹

Middle English -ok, Old English -oc, -uc

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ock¹

Old English -oc, -uc

Example Sentences

Though she had watched live-action Marvel movies with her two children and voiced Doc Ock in “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse,” Hahn never expected to join the MCU full-time.

From Los Angeles Times

Residents have also been evacuated after the River Ock burst its banks.

From BBC

There was no official count on Green Goblin or Doc Ock sightings in the area.

From Slate

He fails, of course, but some good comes of it: As Peter, Doc Ock returns to Empire State University and gets his doctorate.

From New York Times

But my favorite bargain finds are my Doc Ock monitor arms — the Dell MSA14, which office liquidators used to sell as low as $50 on Craigslist or eBay.

From The Verge