nock

About 0.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
2. noun The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
3. noun The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
4. verb To fit (an arrow) against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow.
5. verb To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).
6. interjection Fit the arrow to your bowstring.
7. noun Misspelling of knock.
8. verb Misspelling of knock.

Similar words

mark score knuckle runt kisser arrow-hole nick knobble third finger bump

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Word family

nocked nocking nocks