flock
1 of 4noun (1)
ˈfläk 
1
: a group of animals (such as birds or sheep) assembled or herded together
2
: a group under the guidance of a leader
especially : a church congregation
3
: a large number
a flock of tourists
flock
2 of 4verb (1)
flocked; flocking; flocks
intransitive verb
: to gather or move in a flock
they flocked to the beach
flock
3 of 4noun (2)
1
: a tuft of wool or cotton fiber
2
: woolen or cotton refuse used for stuffing furniture and mattresses
3
: very short or pulverized fiber used especially to form a velvety pattern on cloth or paper or a protective covering on metal
4
: floc
flock
4 of 4verb (2)
flocked; flocking; flocks
transitive verb
1
: to fill with flock
2
: to decorate with flock
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- army
- bike [chiefly Scottish]
- cram
- crowd
- crush
- drove
- herd
- horde
- host
- legion
- mass
- mob
- multitude
- press
- rout
- scrum
- swarm
- throng
Verb (1)
- crowd
- mob
- swarm
- throng
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old English flocc crowd, band; akin to Old Norse flokkr crowd, band
Noun (2)
Middle English flok, from Anglo-French, from Latin floccus
First Known Use
Noun (1)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing flock
Kids Definition
flock 1 of 2
noun
ˈfläk
1
: a group of animals living or kept together
a flock of geese
2
: a group someone watches over
the minister's flock
3
: a large number
a flock of tourists
flock
2 of 2verb
flocked; flocking
: to gather or move in a crowd
Scientists … are flocking to the little town of Freedom to see their first living dinosaur …
Oliver Butterworth, The Enormous Egg
Oliver Butterworth, The Enormous Eggflocks 1 of 2
noun
1
as in swarms
a great number of persons or creatures massed together a flock of obstreperous reporters at the press conference Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- swarms
- throngs
- hordes
- crowds
- masses
- multitudes
- herds
- legions
- masses
- droves
- armies
- mobs
- millions
- bikes
- hosts
- crushes
- routs
- crams
- presses
- rabbles
- gaggles
- riffraffs
- piles
- rabblements
- scrums
- mountains
- heaps
- jams
- logjams
2
as in herds
a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together a flock of sheep crossing the road Synonyms & Similar Words
- swarms
- herds
- droves
- schools
- colonies
- packs
- pods
- gaggles
- coveys
- plumps
flocks
2 of 2verb
as in crowds
to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat Synonyms & Similar Words
- crowds
- swarms
- throngs
- mobs
- invades
- jams
- infests
- dams
- besets
- overruns
- clogs
- obstructs
- plugs (up)