porlock

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verb

To interrupt a person so as to prevent them from completing something important.

OriginOld English Portloc →
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Meanings

porlock1

verbporlock (third-person singular simple present porlocks, present participle porlocking, simple past and past participle porlocked)

present singular third person porlocks · participle present porlocking · participle past porlocked · past porlocked

  1. To interrupt a person so as to prevent them from completing something important.

Porlock2

proper noun
  1. A coastal village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS8846).

Origin

porlock · verb

See person from Porlock.

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Porlock · proper noun

  1. Old EnglishPortloc
  2. EnglishPorlock

From Old English Portloc, from port + loca, literally “harbour enclosure”.

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APA

porlock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porlock

MLA

“porlock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porlock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “porlock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porlock.

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